Ignace
LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD
(b.
6 October 1824
,
Louiseville, Lower Canada
d.
23 June 1887
,
Shawinigan, Québec, Canada
)
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Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD was born 6 October 1824 in Louiseville, Lower Canada
Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD was the child of Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Rose PICHET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Marie-Felicite CADOT (maternal) Francois PICHET and Marie-Victoire HEBERTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Ignace married Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE 15 September 1846 in Louiseville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE was born 2 November 1823 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Aurelie died 8 May 1892 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada (St-Boniface-de-Shawinigan). Aurelie was the child of Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE and Marguerite DESROSIERS.
Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD died 23 June 1887 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Ignace 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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