Joseph
DION dit GUYON
(b.
20 July 1781
,
L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
25 April 1867
,
Drummondville, Canada East
)
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Joseph DION dit GUYON was born 20 July 1781 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DION dit GUYON was the child of Nicolas-Joseph DION dit GUYON and Marie-Louise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GUYON (DION) and Genevieve MORISSET (MORISSETTE) (maternal) Joseph-Toussaint GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise BLAISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marguerite TOUCHETTE 19 January 1801 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite TOUCHETTE was born 21 November 1780 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marguerite died 20 May 1861 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Marguerite was the child of Simon TOUCHETTE (TOUCHET) and Marie-Louise LARRIVÉE (LARRIVÉ).
Joseph DION dit GUYON died 25 April 1867 in Drummondville, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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