Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR

(b. abt. 1735 , France d. 13 September 1808 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR was born abt. 1735 in France

Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR was the child of ? and ?

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

Jacques married Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX 27 October 1760 in Contrecœur, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX was born 3 March 1737 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Madeleine died 1 December 1818 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Madeleine was the child of François FENIS GRUFFAT dit DAUPHINÉ and Madeleine GADIOU.

Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR died 13 September 1808 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .

son of Pierre Giroux and Thérèse Giraud

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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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