Jean
OTIS dit LANGLAIS
(b.
18 September 1757
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
d.
26 January 1813
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
)
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Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS was born 18 September 1757 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Françoise GAGNÉ (maternal) Jean TREMBLAY and Catherine LAVOIESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Thérèse-Cecile GRENON 14 January 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Thérèse-Cecile GRENON was born 19 December 1760 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thérèse-Cecile died 2 April 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thérèse-Cecile was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRENON and Marie-Dorothee FORTIN.
Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS died 26 January 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .
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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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