Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE

(b. abt. 1734 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 February 1800 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada

Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE was the child of Alexis CASAUBON and Madeleine FAFARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin CASAUBON and Françoise LEPELÉ (maternal) François FAFARD dit DELORME and Jeanne-Michelle LEMAITRE

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Alexis married Marguerite-Antoinette JANVRIN dite DUFRESNE 19 June 1758 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France . Marguerite-Antoinette JANVRIN dite DUFRESNE was born 18 July 1736 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite-Antoinette died 21 December 1787 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marguerite-Antoinette was the child of Jean-Baptiste JANVRIN dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne D'AMOURS.

Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE died 22 February 1800 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .

m. Marguerite Antoinette Janvrin dite Dufresne
19 June 1758
Lanoraie, Quebec

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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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