Louis ETHIER QUAY (GUAY) dit DARAGON

(b. abt. 1665 , France d. 26 October 1750 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France )

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Louis ETHIER QUAY (GUAY) dit DARAGON was born abt. 1665 in France

Louis ETHIER QUAY (GUAY) dit DARAGON was the child of ? and ?

Louis was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1696.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis married Marie-Marthe RICHAUME abt. 1694 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Marthe RICHAUME was born 4 March 1665 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marthe died 29 July 1703 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Marthe was the child of Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS and Marthe-Marie ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT).

Louis ETHIER QUAY (GUAY) dit DARAGON died 26 October 1750 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France.
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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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