Marie
DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE
(b.
1 November 1761
,
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
d.
6 February 1814
,
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
)
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Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE was born 1 November 1761 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE was the child of Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MARIER (LEMARIÉ) and Angélique DESROCHESSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie married Jean-François BOURASSA abt. 1780 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-François BOURASSA was born 18 May 1749 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Jean-François died 4 January 1808 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-François was the child of Louis BOURASSA and Marie-Françoise BOUCHER.
Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE died 6 February 1814 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Marie 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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