Joseph
SIMON dit LEONARD
(b.
10 March 1780
,
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*
d.
19 May 1839
,
Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph SIMON dit LEONARD was born 10 March 1780 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*
Joseph SIMON dit LEONARD was the child of Joseph SIMON dit LEONARD and Elisabeth PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph SIMON dit LEONARD and Madeleine DUCLOS (maternal) Antoine-Augustin PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR and Elisabeth ROYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Archange BEAUCHAMP 5 November 1804 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Archange BEAUCHAMP was born 5 June 1782 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Archange died 7 December 1863 in St-Janvier-de-Blainville, Québec, Canada. Archange was the child of Joseph-Jacques BEAUCHAMP and Marguerite PARENT.
Joseph SIMON dit LEONARD died 19 May 1839 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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