Antoine
BLONDEAU dit VERBOIS
(b.
11 April 1734
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
d.
24 July 1787
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Antoine BLONDEAU dit VERBOIS was born 11 April 1734 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Antoine BLONDEAU dit VERBOIS was the child of Joseph-Maurice BLONDEAU dit VERBOIS and Catherine JANOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BLONDEAU dit LAFRANCHISE and Agnes GIGUERE (maternal) Étienne VILDAIGRE dit JANOT and Catherine PERRAULT (PEROT) dite VILDAIGRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Josephte GAUVIN 24 January 1763 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Josephte GAUVIN was born 3 April 1737 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Josephte died 30 January 1802 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Josephte was the child of Étienne GAUVIN and Geneviève-Angélique LEVESQUE.
Antoine BLONDEAU dit VERBOIS died 24 July 1787 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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