Louis MONTIGNY dit MINET

(b. abt. 1741 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 April 1786 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis MONTIGNY dit MINET was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis MONTIGNY dit MINET was the child of Jacques-Christophe MONTIGNY dit MINET and Madeleine LOQUET dite DUPONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MONTIGNY dit MINET and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE (maternal) François LOQUET dit DUPONT and Louise ADAM

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Louis married Angélique GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN 23 January 1764 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN was born 8 January 1747 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Louis GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Françoise BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE.

Louis MONTIGNY dit MINET died 7 April 1786 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, 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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