Thérèse BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS

(b. abt. 1692 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 June 1726 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France )

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Thérèse BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS was born abt. 1692 in Québec Province, Canada

Thérèse BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS was the child of Denis BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Jeanne MIVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BOUCHER and Marie-Josephe-Florence GAREMAN dite LEPICARD (maternal) François MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Marie LANGLOIS

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Thérèse married Philippe DUBOIS 18 January 1712 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Philippe DUBOIS was born 10 January 1682 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Philippe died 30 September 1743 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Philippe was the child of François DUBOIS and Anne GUILLAUME.

Thérèse BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS died 24 June 1726 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France.
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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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