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Geneviève POISSANT dite LASALINE was born 25 June 1752 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Geneviève POISSANT dite LASALINE was the child of Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE and Angélique GIROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE and Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET) (maternal) Pierre-François GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Angelique MAHEUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Geneviève married Eustache-Laurent MARTIN 11 April 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Eustache-Laurent MARTIN was born 17 October 1752 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Eustache-Laurent died 10 August 1824 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Eustache-Laurent was the child of René-Toussaint MARTIN and Anne PERRIER dite OLIVIER.
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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