Helene MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

(b. 18 April 1806 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 2 September 1884 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Helene MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ was born 18 April 1806 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Helene MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ was the child of Louis MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Marie RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Rosalie RICHARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Thérèse GAGNE

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Helene married Pierre TREMBLAY 24 February 1824 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 7 January 1798 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Pierre died 18 January 1865 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of André-Sauveur TREMBLAY and Romaine MERCIER.

Helene MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ died 2 September 1884 in Chicoutimi, Québec, 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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