Marie-Marguerite
MORIN dite VALCOURT
(b.
abt. 1735
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
18 September 1816
,
Kamouraska, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT was the child of Antoine MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marguerite DANIAU dite LAPRISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MORIN and Françoise Jeanne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE (maternal) Jacques DANIAU dit LAPRISE and Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Marguerite married Jean-François CHOUINARD 18 February 1754 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jean-François CHOUINARD was born 10 February 1732 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Jean-François died 29 October 1807 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-François was the child of Pierre CHOUINARD and Marie-Ursule MARTIN.
Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT died 18 September 1816 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Marguerite 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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