Geneviève BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN

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22 March 1806 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BERGEVIN dit LANGEVIN Marie-Catherine TESSIER

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Geneviève BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN was born 22 March 1806 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Geneviève BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERGEVIN dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Catherine TESSIER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BERGEVIN and Charlotte ALLARD (maternal) Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR and Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET

m. Feb.13,1827 • St.Ours,Richelieu,Sorel,Quebec,Canada
Olivier Pichet Dupre

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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