Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER

(b. abt. 1740 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 November 1812 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada

Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER was the child of Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Marie-Anne DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Pierre DELGUEL dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BARON dite LUPIEN

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Françoise married Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU 14 November 1760 in Maskinongé, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 14 September 1794 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Agathe SICARD dite CARUFEL.

Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER died 14 November 1812 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Françoise appear below.

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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