Gabriel-Andre
ROY dit POITEVIN
(b.
7 July 1781
,
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
20 February 1836
,
Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
)
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Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN was born 7 July 1781 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN was the child of Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN and Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel ROY and Marie-Suzanne BEAUDIN (maternal) Joseph LEVITRE and Marie-Anne POITEVINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gabriel-Andre married Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN 14 May 1804 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN was born 15 January 1783 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Marguerite died 28 April 1855 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Louis-François GOSSELIN and Thérèse LAROCQUE.
Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN died 20 February 1836 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Gabriel-Andre 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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