Edouard COURCY dit LEMIERE

(b. 3 March 1801 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 25 September 1868 , Rimouski, Québec, Canada )

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Edouard COURCY dit LEMIERE was born 3 March 1801 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Edouard COURCY dit LEMIERE was the child of Jean-Benoit COURCY dit LEMIERE and Therese PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas LEMIERE dit COURCY and Louise-Geneviève DUBE (maternal) Francois-Marie PELLETIER and Marie-Felicite CHRÉTIEN

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

Edouard married Rosalie LACOMBE 20 February 1824 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Rosalie LACOMBE was born 3 October 1799 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Rosalie died 16 March 1878 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Rosalie was the child of Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE dit BALAN and Genevieve LEBEL.

Edouard COURCY dit LEMIERE died 25 September 1868 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada .
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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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