Louis
SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR
(b.
25 October 1778
,
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
,
)
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Louis SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR was born 25 October 1778 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR was the child of Louis-Joseph SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Helene LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne CROTEAU (maternal) Gabriel LANGLOIS and Helene LECLERCSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Felicite DESROCHERS 30 September 1800 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite DESROCHERS was born 13 July 1781 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Felicite died 25 June 1859 in Saint-Apollinaire, Québec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Augustin HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marguerite HUARD.
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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