Agathe
DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE
(b.
22 November 1769
,
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
16 December 1819
,
Saint-Henri, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
)
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Agathe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE was born 22 November 1769 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Agathe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE was the child of Charles DUBOIS and Elisabeth RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS and Marie-Angélique BISSON (maternal) François RONDEAU and Marie-Françoise-Élisabeth DUBOISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Agathe married Jacques LETARTE dit TARDIF 27 April 1789 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques LETARTE dit TARDIF was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jacques was the child of Jean-Baptiste LETARTRE (LETARTE) and Marie-Anne FORGUES dite MONROUGEAU.
Agathe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE died 16 December 1819 in Saint-Henri, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Agathe 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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