Antoine
DUGUAY dit DEMERS
(b.
abt. 1725
,
d.
27 March 1780
,
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Antoine DUGUAY dit DEMERS was born abt. 1725
Antoine DUGUAY dit DEMERS was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Josephte LAROCQUE dite ROCH 16 June 1772 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LAROCQUE dite ROCH was born 8 February 1751 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Marie ROCH (LAROCQUE) and Marie-Françoise LEDOUX.
Antoine DUGUAY dit DEMERS died 27 March 1780 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada.
son of Antoine Duguay dit Demers and Catherine Janot
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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