Agathe GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN

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abt. 1700 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

13 June 1748 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN Jeanne VANASSE

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Born: abt. 1700 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN

Mother: Jeanne VANASSE

Maternal grandparents: François-Noel VANASSE , Jeanne FOURRIER

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Agathe married Joseph FORCIER 3 February 1729 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph FORCIER was born abt. 1706 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 21 January 1770 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph-Antoine FORCIER and Gertrude JOYAL.

Agathe GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN died 13 June 1748 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France.
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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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Agathe GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN married

Joseph FORCIER
Marriage date: 3 February 1729
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Joseph FORCIER was the child of Joseph-Antoine FORCIER and Gertrude JOYAL

Children of Joseph FORCIER and Agathe GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN

Marie-Charlotte FORCIER

Born: abt. 1740, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean BRISSET (BRISSETTE) 21 November 1763 Place: Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France