Joseph
DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS
(b.
4 October 1798
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d.
23 April 1868
,
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS was born 4 October 1798 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Marguerite BERIAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ADENE and Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS (maternal) Charles-Olivier BARIAU (BARIAULT) and Reine BOUCHERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Antoinette DUCHESNE 22 January 1822 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoinette DUCHESNE was born 25 October 1801 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Antoinette died 12 March 1886 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Antoinette was the child of Rene-Abraham-Samson DUCHESNE and Felicite-Veronique DESBIENS.
Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS died 23 April 1868 in La Malbaie, Québec, 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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