Guillaume CORBIN dit LACROIX

(b. abt. 1717 , France d. 2 January 1817 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Guillaume CORBIN dit LACROIX was born abt. 1717 in France

Guillaume CORBIN dit LACROIX was the child of ? and ?

Guillaume was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1758.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Guillaume married Marie-Salomee GUÉRET dite DUMONT 24 January 1758 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Salomee GUÉRET dite DUMONT was born 12 February 1736 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Salomee died 21 December 1808 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Salomee was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Madeleine LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE.

Guillaume CORBIN dit LACROIX died 2 January 1817 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

son of Francois Lacroix and Catherine Veval

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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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