Marie-Therese
VEAU dite SYLVAIN
(b.
17 May 1766
,
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
23 November 1827
,
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN was born 17 May 1766 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN was the child of Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Therese BOULET (BOULAY) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Marguerite LEBRUN dite CARRIER (maternal) Augustin BOULAY and Marie-Suzanne CORRIVEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Therese married Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN 30 January 1786 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN was born 21 September 1764 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Laurent-Dominique died 14 April 1849 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Laurent-Dominique was the child of Joseph-Dominique POLIQUIN and Angélique DANGEUGER dite LECHASSEUR.
Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN died 23 November 1827 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Marie-Therese 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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