Joseph-Gabriel LABRECHE dit DUGAS

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9 September 1785 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph LABRECHE Marie-Elisabeth CYR

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Born: 9 September 1785 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph LABRECHE

Mother: Marie-Elisabeth CYR

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Joseph-Gabriel married Marie-Genevieve PHARAND dite VIVARAIS 22 August 1814 in Rigaud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Genevieve PHARAND dite VIVARAIS was born 5 October 1789 in Saint-Michel-de-Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada. Marie-Genevieve was the child of Joseph-Amable PHARAND and Marie-Rose SAMSON.

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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Marie-Genevieve PHARAND dite VIVARAIS
Marriage date: 22 August 1814
Marriage place: Rigaud, Lower Canada
Marie-Genevieve PHARAND dite VIVARAIS was the child of Joseph-Amable PHARAND and Marie-Rose SAMSON

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Children of Joseph-Gabriel LABRECHE dit DUGAS and Marie-Genevieve PHARAND dite VIVARAIS

Anne Phebe Felicite LABRECHE dite DUGAS

Born: 28 May 1815, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
Died: 1 September 1887, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married: Joseph D'AMOUR dit POTVIN 22 August 1831 Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Birth — 1785
9 September 1785
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

1814 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Gabriel LABRECHE dit DUGAS and Marie-Genevieve PHARAND dite VIVARAIS 22 August 1814, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

He was 28 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Anne Phebe Felicite LABRECHE dite DUGAS was born 28 May 1815, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Gabriel was 29 years old.

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