Andre BARIL dit DUCHENAY

(b. abt. 1750 , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 August 1793 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Andre BARIL dit DUCHENAY was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada

Andre BARIL dit DUCHENAY was the child of Jean-François BARIL dit DUCHENAY and Geneviève-Michelle SICARD dite CARUFEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BARIL dit DUCHENAY and Jeanne-Judith BLANCHET (maternal) Jean SICARD dit CARUFEL and Geneviève RATTÉ

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

Andre married Charlotte DUPUIS 2 February 1778 in Québec Province, Canada . Charlotte DUPUIS was born 21 December 1761 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Charlotte died 13 August 1795 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Charlotte was the child of Jacques DUPUIS and Marie-Louise VANASSE.

Andre BARIL dit DUCHENAY died 4 August 1793 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada .

m. Dupuis Charlotte

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Occupation

Andre BARIL dit DUCHENAY was a sieur de Maskinongé au mariage de son fils François.

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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