Joseph-Eloi
LAGACE dit MIGNIER
(b.
19 July 1778
,
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
20 June 1827
,
Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph-Eloi LAGACE dit MIGNIER was born 19 July 1778 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Eloi LAGACE dit MIGNIER was the child of Joseph-Marie LAGACE dit MIGNIER and Rosalie LIZOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) André MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) and Geneviève ROUSSEAU (maternal) Nicolas LIZOTTE and Marie-Madeleine MIVILLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Eloi married Marie MASSON 9 February 1801 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MASSON was born abt. 1778 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 24 February 1872 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph MASSON and Marie-Louise ROBIDOUX.
Joseph-Eloi LAGACE dit MIGNIER died 20 June 1827 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada.
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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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