Louis
TESSIER dit LAVIGNE
(b.
7 August 1735
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
30 December 1802
,
Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada
)
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Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 7 August 1735 in Montréal, Canada, New France
Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was the child of Louis TESSIER and Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie Catherine POITIERS dite BUISSON (maternal) Pierre PÉPIN dit LAFORCE and Michelle LEBERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Marguerite-Amable ROY 19 October 1761 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Amable ROY was born 24 August 1739 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marguerite-Amable died 24 June 1817 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marguerite-Amable was the child of Francois ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Angelique BRAULT.
Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE died 30 December 1802 in Lachine, Montréal, Lower 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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