Toussaint
QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME
(b.
2 April 1838
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
d.
6 December 1878
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
)
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Toussaint QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was born 2 April 1838 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Toussaint QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Agathe GAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Françoise JOUBERT (maternal) Francois GAUDET and Agathe GUAY dite DARAGONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Toussaint married Philomene BOUSQUET 20 February 1860 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene BOUSQUET was born 4 May 1841 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Philomene died 13 March 1913 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Philomene was the child of Hyacinthe BOUSQUET and Genevieve BOUSQUET.
Toussaint QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME died 6 December 1878 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Toussaint 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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