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Joseph HÉBERT dit LECOMTE was born
10 May 1726
in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France .
Joseph HÉBERT dit LECOMTE
was the child of
Guillaume HÉBERT dit LECOMTE
and
Madeleine LABERGE
and the grandchild of:
(paternal)
Guillaume HÉBERT dit LECOMTE and
Marie-Anne ROUSSIN
(maternal)
Nicolas LABERGE and
Madeleine QUENTIN
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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? It is the old custom in French Canada (originating in Europe) to bury the dead in the church...Read MORE...Findagrave.com
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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10 May 1726
Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)
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Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)
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