Michel
DESGRANGES dit MAUPRE
(b.
25 October 1700
,
St-Savinien, Charente-Maritime, France
d.
15 November 1765
,
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Michel DESGRANGES dit MAUPRE was born 25 October 1700 in St-Savinien, Charente-Maritime, France
Michel DESGRANGES dit MAUPRE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Dorothee MALBOEUF 26 November 1731 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dorothee MALBOEUF was born 1 September 1711 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Dorothee was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALBOEUF dit BEAUSOLEIL and Marie RENAUD dite LOCAS.
Michel DESGRANGES dit MAUPRE died 15 November 1765 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Michel 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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