Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

(b. 19 June 1761 , Nicolet, Canada d. 18 October 1848 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )

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Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was born 19 June 1761 in Nicolet, Canada

Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was the child of Pierre-Hyacinthe PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marie-Catherine-Francoise LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Françoise MENEUX dite CHATEAUNEUF (maternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph RICARD 19 January 1784 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph RICARD was born 21 January 1764 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Joseph was the child of Louis-Joseph RICARD and Marie-Anne HEBERT.

Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA died 18 October 1848 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .

m. Joseph Ricard
19 January 1784
Nicolet

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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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