flag male ancestor  Joseph  PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE

  (b. 16 March 1763 Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 7 December 1833 L'Acadie, Lower Canada )  

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Joseph PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE was born 16 March 1763 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE was the child of Joseph PIEDALUE   and   Marie-Anne BOURASSA and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Julien PIEDALUE and Françoise AUPRY dite LARAMÉE (maternal)  Antoine BOURASSA and Marie-Catherine MOQUIN

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Joseph  married  Genevieve PATENAUDE 13 February 1787 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve PATENAUDE  was born 6 June 1766 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly).  Genevieve died 11 February 1845 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie).  Genevieve was the child of Jean-Louis PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE) and Marie-Geneviève LAREAU.

Joseph PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE died 7 December 1833 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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