Claude BUSSEAU dit LACOUTURE

(b. 7 October 1738 , France d. 18 November 1813 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Claude BUSSEAU dit LACOUTURE was born 7 October 1738 in France

Claude BUSSEAU dit LACOUTURE was the child of ? and ?

Claude was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1761.

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

Claude married Elisabeth-Amable FRAPPIER dite HILAIRE 7 January 1761 in Lavaltrie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth-Amable FRAPPIER dite HILAIRE was born 18 November 1742 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Elisabeth-Amable died 24 December 1808 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Elisabeth-Amable was the child of Louis FRAPPIER and Catherine-Madeleine RIEL dite L'IRLANDE.

Claude BUSSEAU dit LACOUTURE died 18 November 1813 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .

son of Jean Francois Busseau and Francoise Marguerite Revel

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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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