Louis-Jean-Baptiste
FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE
(b.
3 May 1728
,
Maskinongé, Canada, New France
d.
18 May 1817
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
)
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Louis-Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE was born 3 May 1728 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Louis-Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François FOUCAULT and Elisabeth PROVOST (PREVOST) (maternal) François BERGERON and Étiennette LECLERCSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis-Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE 10 February 1755 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was born 29 October 1733 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Anne died 27 January 1809 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MESSIER.
Louis-Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE died 18 May 1817 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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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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