Josephte FAVREAU dite DESLAURIERS

(b. abt. 1788 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 March 1813 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Josephte FAVREAU dite DESLAURIERS was born abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada

Josephte FAVREAU dite DESLAURIERS was the child of Urbain FAVREAU dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Amable CREVIER dite DUVERNAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FAVREAU and Marie-Angélique BENARD (maternal) Jacques CREVIER dit DUVERNAY and Marie-Anne TETREAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Josephte married Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE 1 July 1805 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE was born 22 September 1779 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Jean-Baptiste died abt. 1851 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis CASAVANT and Marie-Josephe SAVIGNAC.

Josephte FAVREAU dite DESLAURIERS died 27 March 1813 in Verchères, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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