Jacques
CHEVIGNY dit DURAND
(b.
abt. 1679
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
d.
10 May 1729
,
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
)
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Jacques CHEVIGNY dit DURAND was born abt. 1679 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Jacques CHEVIGNY dit DURAND was the child of ? and ?Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1705.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jacques married Charlotte LEMAIRE (LEMAITRE) 5 February 1705 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Charlotte LEMAIRE (LEMAITRE) was born abt. 1688 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte died 4 February 1754 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Charlotte was the child of Claude-Louis LEMAIRE and Marie-Charlotte CHARRON.
Jacques CHEVIGNY dit DURAND died 10 May 1729 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France.
son of Pierre Chevigny and ?
Details of the family tree of Jacques 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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