Geneviève DUBOIS dite CLEMENT

(b. abt. 1751 , Canada d. 12 January 1831 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève DUBOIS dite CLEMENT was born abt. 1751 in Canada

Geneviève DUBOIS dite CLEMENT was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Clément DUBOIS and Josephte BOURBEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Clément DUBOIS and Marie-Anne JUIN (maternal) Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE and Thérèse CARPENTIER

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Geneviève married François COMEAU 6 June 1774 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François COMEAU was born abt. 1742 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). François died 28 December 1826 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). François was the child of François COMEAU and Marie Madeleine LORD.

Geneviève DUBOIS dite CLEMENT died 12 January 1831 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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