Joseph
D'AMOUR dit POTVIN
(b.
2 September 1807
,
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
d.
7 November 1881
,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
)
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Joseph D'AMOUR dit POTVIN was born 2 September 1807 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Joseph D'AMOUR dit POTVIN was the child of Pierre-Edouard D'AMOUR dit POTVIN and Francoise MIVILLE dite DESCHENESSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Anne Phebe Felicite LABRECHE dite DUGAS 22 August 1831 in Ottawa, Upper Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne Phebe Felicite LABRECHE dite DUGAS was born 28 May 1815 in Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. Anne Phebe Felicite died 1 September 1887 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Anne Phebe Felicite was the child of Joseph-Gabriel LABRECHE dit DUGAS and Marie-Genevieve PHARAND dite VIVARAIS.
Joseph D'AMOUR dit POTVIN died 7 November 1881 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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