Amelia
SAVOIE LAURENT dite LORTIE
(b.
14 December 1840
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
20 March 1900
,
Québec Province, Canada
)
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Amelia SAVOIE LAURENT dite LORTIE was born 14 December 1840 in Québec Province, Canada
Amelia SAVOIE LAURENT dite LORTIE was the child of Felix SAVOIE CANTIN and Angele LAURENT dite LORTIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SAVOIE ROY and Marie-Angele CANTIN (maternal) Charles LAURENT dit LORTIE and Marie-Geneviève FRECHETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Amelia married Pierre-Casimir GAGNON . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Casimir GAGNON was born 30 February 1842 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Pierre-Casimir was the child of Pierre GAGNON SENECAL and Marcelline LEFEBVRE.
Amelia SAVOIE LAURENT dite LORTIE died 20 March 1900 in Québec Province, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Amelia 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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