Marguerite CHAGNON dite LAROSE

(b. abt. 1753 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 March 1825 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite CHAGNON dite LAROSE was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite CHAGNON dite LAROSE was the child of André CHAGNON and Marie-Thérèse DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Marie-Françoise FOISY (maternal) Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE and Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE

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Marguerite married Augustin QUINTAL 5 November 1770 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Augustin QUINTAL was born 2 September 1743 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Augustin died 3 January 1818 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Augustin was the child of Michel QUINTAL and Madeleine GUERTIN.

Marguerite CHAGNON dite LAROSE died 18 March 1825 in Verchères, Lower Canada .

m. Quintal Augustin

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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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