Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS

(b. abt. 1737 , Lanoraie, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1810 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada )

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Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS was born abt. 1737 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS was the child of Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Élisabeth-Isabelle PERRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Rosalie GUAY (maternal) Pierre PERRAULT and Geneviève DUCLOS

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Alexis married Reine COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN 16 June 1766 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Reine COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Reine died 9 June 1828 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Reine was the child of Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Josephte GLADU.

Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS died 10 February 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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