Joseph DOUGE dit POPULUS

(b. abt. 1722 , France d. 19 September 1771 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph DOUGE dit POPULUS was born abt. 1722 in France

Joseph DOUGE dit POPULUS was the child of ? and ?

Joseph was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1766.

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

Joseph married Geneviève DUVAL 27 January 1766 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève DUVAL was born 28 March 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève died 15 September 1833 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Geneviève was the child of Guillaume DUVAL and Françoise JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE.

Joseph DOUGE dit POPULUS died 19 September 1771 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .

son of Laurent Douge and Catherine Chudau

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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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