Antoine TAILLON dit OLIVIER

(b. 4 January 1760 , Lachenaie, Canada d. , )

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Antoine TAILLON dit OLIVIER was born 4 January 1760 in Lachenaie, Canada

Antoine TAILLON dit OLIVIER was the child of Joseph MICHEL dit TAILLON and Charlotte MARION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MICHEL dit TAILLON and Marie-Jeanne BARON (maternal) Pierre MARION and Thérèse-Françoise BONHOMME

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Antoine married Marie-Anne MARSAN dite LAPIERRE 13 January 1777 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne MARSAN dite LAPIERRE was born 6 April 1758 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Anne died 17 November 1787 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Anne was the child of Francois MARSAN dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne FEUILLON (FILION).

m. Marsan Marie-Anne

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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