Joseph PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN FLORENT

(b. 14 August 1761 , Nicolet, Canada d. 21 September 1838 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN FLORENT was born 14 August 1761 in Nicolet, Canada

Joseph PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN FLORENT was the child of Joseph PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN and Élisabeth GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN and Jeanne-Marguerite LECLERC (maternal) Jean-Élie GAUTHIER (GAULTIER) and Suzanne HALAY (HALLÉ)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Madeleine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER 23 January 1792 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Madeleine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER was born 24 October 1764 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Madeleine died 29 March 1842 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Madeleine was the child of Louis BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Louise MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS.

Joseph PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN FLORENT died 21 September 1838 in Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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