Geneviève CHARRON dite DUCHARME

(b. abt. 1741 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 May 1810 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève CHARRON dite DUCHARME was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada

Geneviève CHARRON dite DUCHARME was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Jeanne HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marguerite PIETTE dite TREMPE (maternal) Jean HOUDE and Marie-Françoise DUBOIS

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Geneviève married Pierre HENAULT dit DELORME 19 February 1759 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . Pierre HENAULT dit DELORME was born 9 August 1730 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre was the child of Joseph-Pierre HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marguerite PIETTE (PIET).

Geneviève married (2) Alexandre DOIRON 15 April 1765 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexandre DOIRON was born abt. 1732 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Alexandre died 19 January 1809 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Alexandre was the child of Alexandre DOIRON and Marie Anne VINCENT.

Geneviève CHARRON dite DUCHARME died 17 May 1810 in Lanoraie, Lower 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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