Marie-Madeleine
FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE
(b.
24 May 1712
,
Maskinongé, Canada, New France
d.
15 September 1770
,
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was born 24 May 1712 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François FOUCAULT and Elisabeth PROVOST (PREVOST) (maternal) François BERGERON and Étiennette LECLERCSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Madeleine married Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was born 27 August 1712 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph-Michel died 19 September 1770 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Joseph-Michel was the child of Jean ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Jeanne BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE.
Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE died 15 September 1770 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Madeleine 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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