Louis
GODIN dit PRESCOTT
(b.
3 April 1774
,
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada*
d.
10 March 1837
,
Maskinongé, Lower Canada
)
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Louis GODIN dit PRESCOTT was born 3 April 1774 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada*
Louis GODIN dit PRESCOTT was the child of Prisque GAUDIN (GODIN) and Louise LEGRIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque GODIN (GAUDIN) and Marie-Thérèse MATTE (maternal) Charles-Michel LEGRIS dit LAPINE and Angelique CHAPEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Marie-Marguerite LALLEMENT 16 February 1801 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite LALLEMENT was born 8 July 1785 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marie-Marguerite died 12 February 1856 in Saint-Didace, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Charles CLEMENT dit LALLEMENT and Marie-Marguerite GAGNON.
Louis GODIN dit PRESCOTT died 10 March 1837 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Louis 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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