Basilisse MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

(b. 2 June 1815 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 30 September 1847 , Sainte-Agnès, Canada East )

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Basilisse MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ was born 2 June 1815 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Basilisse 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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Basilisse married Dominique TREMBLAY 5 May 1834 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Dominique TREMBLAY was born 18 August 1812 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Dominique was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marguerite PERRON.

Basilisse MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ died 30 September 1847 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East .
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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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