Ambroise Thomas
JACQUES dit STANISLAS
(b.
15 April 1810
,
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
d.
19 January 1889
,
Millbury, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS was born 15 April 1810 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS was the child of Joseph JACQUES dit STANISLAS and Josephte MEUNIER dite LAFLEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas-Stanislas JACQUES and Marie-Rose DESGRANGES (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER and Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Ambroise Thomas married Marie Ursule "Mary" GAGNON 18 October 1831 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Ursule "Mary" GAGNON was born 14 February 1812 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Marie Ursule "Mary" died 10 May 1891 in Millbury, Massachusetts, USA. Marie Ursule "Mary" was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Marguerite VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ.
Ambroise Thomas JACQUES dit STANISLAS died 19 January 1889 in Millbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Details of the family tree of Ambroise 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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