Joseph
ROY dit PORTELANCE
(b.
abt. 1694
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
18 January 1769
,
Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE was born abt. 1694 in Québec Province, Canada
Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE was the child of Jean PORTELANCE and Anne FORGUES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine DUBOIS (maternal) Jean-Pierre FORGUES dit MONROUGEAU and Marie ROBINEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 29 January 1714 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 16 October 1698 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Jeanne died 31 July 1767 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Jeanne was the child of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).
Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE died 18 January 1769 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, 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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