Louise
GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN
(b.
8 October 1770
,
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
11 May 1853
,
Boucherville, Canada East
)
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Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was born 8 October 1770 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Louise SICOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAUTHIER and Marie-Veronique LAPORTE (maternal) Joseph SICOTTE (SICOT) and Angélique ROBERTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louise married Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) 4 February 1788 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) was born 17 March 1766 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Joseph died 1 September 1815 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Joseph was the child of Pierre RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) and Suzanne CHAUVIN.
Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN died 11 May 1853 in Boucherville, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Louise 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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