Felicite RANCK dite VALENTIN

(b. 19 October 1760 , Terrebonne, Canada d. 30 March 1837 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Felicite RANCK dite VALENTIN was born 19 October 1760 in Terrebonne, Canada

Felicite RANCK dite VALENTIN was the child of Jean Valentin RANCK and Marie-Louise GAGNIER (GAGNE) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre GAGNÉ and Angelique BOUCHARD

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Felicite married Louis-Hippolyte DENEAU (DAIGNEAU) 12 July 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Hippolyte DENEAU (DAIGNEAU) was born 5 September 1757 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Louis-Hippolyte died 26 June 1832 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Louis-Hippolyte was the child of Jacques DENEAU (DENIAU) and Angélique CAILLÉ.

Felicite RANCK dite VALENTIN died 30 March 1837 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Felicite 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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