Lazare-Alexandre
POIRIER dit MICHAUD
(b.
6 September 1810
,
Rimouski, Lower Canada
d.
20 May 1863
,
St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada
)
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Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD was born 6 September 1810 in Rimouski, Lower Canada
Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD was the child of Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD and Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER and Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT (maternal) Jean RUEST (RUAIS) and Rosalie GAGNONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Lazare-Alexandre married Euphemie LEPAGE 3 February 1835 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphemie LEPAGE was born 28 March 1815 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Euphemie died 18 April 1856 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Euphemie was the child of Louis-Joseph LEPAGE and Francoise GAGNE.
Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD died 20 May 1863 in St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Lazare-Alexandre 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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