Sophie VANDENDAIGUE dite GADBOIS

(b. abt. 1820 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 September 1888 , Saint-Philémon-de-Stoke, Canada )

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Sophie VANDENDAIGUE dite GADBOIS was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada

Sophie VANDENDAIGUE dite GADBOIS was the child of Thomas VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Marie-Reine BERTHIAUME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Charlotte BERGERON (maternal) Joseph BERTHIAUME and Felicite GENDRON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Sophie married Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY 25 October 1842 in Contrecœur, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 14 August 1816 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Francois-Xavier was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Reine SAULNIER.

Sophie VANDENDAIGUE dite GADBOIS died 19 September 1888 in Saint-Philémon-de-Stoke, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Sophie appear below.

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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