Martial DONAT dit LAVERDURE

(b. abt. 1735 , France d. 29 January 1820 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Martial DONAT dit LAVERDURE was born abt. 1735 in France

Martial DONAT dit LAVERDURE was the child of ? and ?

Martial was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1762.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Martial married Elisabeth PARENT 18 January 1762 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth PARENT was born 17 April 1747 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Elisabeth died 13 April 1816 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Elisabeth was the child of Pierre PARENT and Marie-Catherine JAMES.

Martial DONAT dit LAVERDURE died 29 January 1820 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .

son of Jacques Donat and Francoise ?

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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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