Catherine
ROCHELEAU dite VIENS
(b.
abt. 1735
,
Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)
d.
11 October 1761
,
Saint-Constant, Canada
)
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Catherine ROCHELEAU dite VIENS was born abt. 1735 in Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Catherine ROCHELEAU dite VIENS was the child of Michel ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) VIENS and Françoise LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ROCHEREAU and Marie-Anne BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) dite COURVILLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Catherine married François-Raphael GAGNE 23 October 1757 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France . François-Raphael GAGNE was born 12 May 1727 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François-Raphael died 23 August 1763 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François-Raphael was the child of François GAGNÉ dit DAUBIGEON and Marie-Madeleine DUPUIS.
Catherine ROCHELEAU dite VIENS died 11 October 1761 in Saint-Constant, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Catherine appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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