Marie-Angélique
ROY dite PORTELANCE
(b.
15 April 1734
,
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
21 April 1812
,
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 15 April 1734 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE was the child of Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PORTELANCE and Anne FORGUES (maternal) Jean-François ALLAIRE and Anne LABBESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Angélique married Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS 26 February 1753 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS was born 10 February 1731 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 4 June 1815 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM dit COURVILLE ET DESMARAIS and Marie-Françoise DANIS.
Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE died 21 April 1812 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Angélique 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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