Cécile RENAUD dite LOCAS

(b. 19 September 1762 , Terrebonne, Canada d. 12 February 1788 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Cécile RENAUD dite LOCAS was born 19 September 1762 in Terrebonne, Canada

Cécile RENAUD dite LOCAS was the child of Joseph RENAUD dit LOCAS and Madeleine LENOIR dite ROLLAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) François RENAUD dit LOCAS and Marie-Thérèse GAREAU dite ST-ONGE (maternal) Pierre ROLLAND and Marie-Cécile DAVELUY

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Cécile married Jean-Baptiste COLE 4 November 1783 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste COLE was born 30 December 1760 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jean-Baptiste died 7 December 1831 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean Baptiste Valentin COLE and Marie-Josephe MARTEL.

Cécile RENAUD dite LOCAS died 12 February 1788 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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