Claude
POISSANT dit LASALINE
(b.
27 January 1709
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
25 August 1773
,
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Claude POISSANT dit LASALINE was born 27 January 1709 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Claude POISSANT dit LASALINE was the child of Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE and Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT and Anne SEIGNEURSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Marie-Catherine LEMIEUX 29 September 1749 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Catherine LEMIEUX was born 24 September 1728 in Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 27 July 1797 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine was the child of Jacques LEMIEUX and Catherine DENIGER dite SANSOUCY.
Claude POISSANT dit LASALINE died 25 August 1773 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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