Catherine AIDE dite CRÉQUY

(b. 18 May 1744 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1816 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Catherine AIDE dite CRÉQUY was born 18 May 1744 in Québec, Canada, New France

Catherine AIDE dite CRÉQUY was the child of Louis-Joseph AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Marie-Helene LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Catherine-Angélique DELISLE (maternal) Thomas LEFEBVRE and Helene GONTHIER

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

Catherine married Raphaël DORVAL 1 September 1766 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Raphaël DORVAL was born 5 July 1739 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada. Raphaël died 14 October 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Raphaël was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Marie-Angelique LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE.

Catherine AIDE dite CRÉQUY died 20 August 1816 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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