Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME

(b. abt. 1698 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME was born abt. 1698 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME was the child of Joseph LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie-Agnes-Madeleine GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Marie-Michelle DUTOST (DUTAUT) (DUTEAU) (maternal) Nicolas GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIÈRE and Agnes MORIN

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Catherine married Theodore MASSON 20 February 1724 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . Theodore MASSON was born 10 December 1696 in St-Ménard, Paris, France.

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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