Julie HOUDE dite LECLERC

(b. 29 May 1808 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 20 March 1860 , Tingwick, Canada East )

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Julie HOUDE dite LECLERC was born 29 May 1808 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Julie HOUDE dite LECLERC was the child of Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude HOUDE and Marie-Marguerite TROTTIER (maternal) Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST

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

Julie married Joseph GENEST-LABARRE 8 June 1841 in Drummondville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph GENEST-LABARRE was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph was the child of Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE and Agathe GIROUARD.

Julie HOUDE dite LECLERC died 20 March 1860 in Tingwick, Canada East .
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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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