Marie-Marthe
MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE
(b.
27 June 1787
,
Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
28 May 1873
,
Ile aux Allumettes, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
)
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Marie-Marthe MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was born 27 June 1787 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marthe MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Marthe married Abraham ALLARD 11 January 1819 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham ALLARD was born 27 August 1795 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Abraham died 28 January 1875 in Ile aux Allumettes, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.
Marie-Marthe MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE died 28 May 1873 in Ile aux Allumettes, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.
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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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