Basile
AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE
(b.
27 September 1755
,
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
d.
21 October 1825
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
)
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Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE was born 27 September 1755 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE was the child of Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph AMIOT and Marie-Louise BOUCHARD (maternal) François-Xavier GAGNÉ and Geneviève FILIONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Basile married Felicite COTE 23 July 1793 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Felicite COTE was born 16 September 1776 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Felicite died 22 August 1858 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Felicite was the child of Joseph COTE and Dorothee TREMBLAY.
Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE died 21 October 1825 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Basile 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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