Marie-Catherine
GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN
(b.
20 February 1775
,
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
1 September 1794
,
Yamaska, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Catherine GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN was born 20 February 1775 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN was the child of Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Catherine HAZEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE (maternal) Michel DEMURIES dit HAZEUR GAMELIN and Marie-Madeleine BIBEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Catherine married Etienne-Louis PEPIN 22 October 1792 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Etienne-Louis PEPIN was born 18 April 1771 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Etienne-Louis died 28 February 1847 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Etienne-Louis was the child of Louis-Etienne PEPIN and Jeanne MCCLURE.
Marie-Catherine GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN died 1 September 1794 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .
married Louis Pepin, 22 October 1792, Yamaska, Quebec
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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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