Nicolas DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE

(b. abt. 1735 , Canada d. 30 September 1819 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Nicolas DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE was born abt. 1735 in Canada

Nicolas DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEBLOIS and Angélique DUMONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DEBLOIS and Marguerite ROUSSEAU (maternal) Julien DUMONT dit LAFLEUR and Angélique TOURNEROCHE dite ROBERT

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Nicolas married Angélique MONDOU 21 November 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angélique MONDOU was born 9 March 1754 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Angélique was the child of François MONDOU and Angélique PELISSIER dite LAFEUILLADE.

Nicolas DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE died 30 September 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower 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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