Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE

(b. abt. 1731 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 March 1806 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE was the child of François BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Madeleine RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) (maternal) Jean-Bernard RENAUD (REGNAULT) and Marie-Jeanne DERY (D'HERY)

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Louis married Marie-Geneviève ROY 22 February 1751 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Geneviève ROY was born 23 February 1733 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 19 November 1805 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jacques ROY dit CHOIGNY and Marguerite LALONGE.

Louis BÉRARD dit LEPINE died 14 March 1806 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
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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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