Catherine
VALENTIN dite GRÉGOIRE
(b.
abt. 1795
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
25 May 1861
,
Putnam, Connecticut, USA
)
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Catherine VALENTIN dite GRÉGOIRE was born abt. 1795 in Québec Province, Canada
Catherine VALENTIN dite GRÉGOIRE was the child of Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN and Catherine FONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Theodore GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN and Marguerite RONDEAU (maternal) Joseph-Marie FONTAINE and Angélique TAREAU dite CHAMPAGNESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Catherine married Jean Baptiste THIBAULT 2 October 1815 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jean Baptiste THIBAULT was born 30 December 1782 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jean Baptiste died 12 January 1861 in Putnam, Connecticut, USA (Aspinock). Jean Baptiste was the child of Toussaint THIBEAULT and Thérèse-Marie CARPENTIER (CHARPENTIER).
Catherine VALENTIN dite GRÉGOIRE died 25 May 1861 in Putnam, Connecticut, USA .
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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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