Marie-Helene
MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE
(b.
abt. 1744
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
20 November 1782
,
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Marie-Helene MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Helene MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was the child of François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Antoinette GIARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Hélène LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC (maternal) Gabriel GIARD and Geneviève FAVREAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Helene married Jean-Baptise MOLLEUR dit LALLEMAND 30 April 1764 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptise MOLLEUR dit LALLEMAND was born 1 April 1733 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Jean-Baptise died 18 July 1794 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Jean-Baptise was the child of Jean-Baptiste MOLLEUR and Marie-Josephte TESSIER.
Marie-Helene MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE died 20 November 1782 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Helene 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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