Antoine
ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY)
(b.
2 March 1819
,
Beauharnois, Lower Canada
d.
1 June 1905
,
Minnesota, USA
)
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Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) was born 2 March 1819 in Beauharnois, Lower Canada
Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) was the child of Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Elisabeth HUNAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Geneviève BRAY (maternal) Joseph HUNAULT and Archange LEFEBVRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Emelie MELOCHE 7 November 1843 in Saint-Timothée, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emelie MELOCHE was born 25 March 1821 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Emelie died 15 January 1877 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois). Emelie was the child of Francois MELOCHE and Marie-Josephte THEORET.
Antoine ROI dit PORTELANCE (ROY) died 1 June 1905 in Minnesota, USA.
Fils adoptif de Jacques Roy et de Élisabeth Haineault
Biological parents unknown
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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