François POUTRE dit LAVIGNE

(b. 9 October 1807 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 23 December 1838 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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François POUTRE dit LAVIGNE was born 9 October 1807 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

François POUTRE dit LAVIGNE was the child of Pierre POUTRE and Marguerite DUQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine POUTRE dit LAVIGNE and Amable GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN (maternal) Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Anne-Amable SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY

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François married Luce DEMERS 10 July 1827 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Luce DEMERS was born 2 March 1807 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Luce died 30 April 1886 in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA. Luce was the child of Joseph DEMERS and Marie-Thecle FRECHETTE.

François POUTRE dit LAVIGNE died 23 December 1838 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada .

son of Pierre Poutre (1778-1858) and Marguerite Duquet (1785-1814)

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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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