Madeleine
HOUY dite ST-LAURENT
(b.
abt. 1698
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
30 May 1763
,
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Madeleine HOUY dite ST-LAURENT was born abt. 1698 in Québec Province, Canada
Madeleine HOUY dite ST-LAURENT was the child of Robert HOUY dit ST-LAURENT and Anne-Françoise GAURON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Michel GAURON dit PETITBOIS and Marguerite ROBINEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Louis MAILLOT abt. 1710 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Louis MAILLOT was born 4 January 1689 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). Louis died 30 November 1760 in Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons). Louis was the child of René MAILLOT dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie CHAPACOU.
Madeleine HOUY dite ST-LAURENT died 30 May 1763 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Madeleine 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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