Geneviève
COURCHESNE dite FOURCAULT
(b.
abt. 1740
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
30 July 1826
,
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
)
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Geneviève COURCHESNE dite FOURCAULT was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada
Geneviève COURCHESNE dite FOURCAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Anne GERLAISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François FOUCAULT and Elisabeth PROVOST (PREVOST) (maternal) Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE and Marie-Jeanne TRUDELSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Geneviève married François LAMBERT dit AUBIN 7 July 1760 in Maskinongé, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François LAMBERT dit AUBIN was born 22 July 1740 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). François died 12 April 1800 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). François was the child of Pierre-Joseph LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE and Françoise COUTU (COTTU).
Geneviève COURCHESNE dite FOURCAULT died 30 July 1826 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Geneviève appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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