Antoine
FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE
(b.
6 December 1760
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
d.
12 August 1843
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
)
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Antoine FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE was born 6 December 1760 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Antoine FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE was the child of Louis-Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON (maternal) Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MESSIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Catherine PROULX 13 February 1786 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine PROULX was born 6 June 1767 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Catherine died 28 April 1820 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Catherine was the child of Amable PROULX and Catherine JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN.
Antoine FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE died 12 August 1843 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Antoine appear below.
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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