Agathe
BOURGAULT dite LACROIX
(b.
5 July 1745
,
Contrecœur, Canada, New France
d.
9 May 1805
,
L'Acadie, Lower Canada
)
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Agathe BOURGAULT dite LACROIX was born 5 July 1745 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Agathe BOURGAULT dite LACROIX was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Jeanne DEGUIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Marthe GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN (maternal) Jean DEGUIRE dit LAROSE and Marie-Catherine MENARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Agathe married Joseph CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR 10 January 1763 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR was born 18 March 1736 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph died 26 August 1788 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Jacques CHARLAND and Marie-Charlotte DENEAU (DENIAU).
Agathe BOURGAULT dite LACROIX died 9 May 1805 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Agathe 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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