Jean-Pierre
GREGOIRE dit NANTAIS
(b.
abt. 1739
,
St-Jean, Lyon, France
d.
27 July 1806
,
Montréal, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Pierre GREGOIRE dit NANTAIS was born abt. 1739 in St-Jean, Lyon, France
Jean-Pierre GREGOIRE dit NANTAIS was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Pierre married Marie Anne APERT dite LÉPINE 29 April 1765 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne APERT dite LÉPINE was born 20 July 1747 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Marie Anne died 31 October 1784 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie Anne was the child of Jacques APERT dit LÉPINE and Marie Anne DAIGNEAU.
Jean-Pierre GREGOIRE dit NANTAIS died 27 July 1806 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
son of Jean Gregoire and Marie Anne Naval
Details of the family tree of Jean-Pierre appear below.
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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