George-Arthur
ALEXANDRE dit GRANDBOIS
(b.
24 April 1834
,
Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada
d.
27 July 1834
,
Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada
)
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George-Arthur ALEXANDRE dit GRANDBOIS was born 24 April 1834 in Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada
George-Arthur ALEXANDRE dit GRANDBOIS was the child of Paul-Alexandre DIT GRANDBOIS and Catherine NIEDING and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre GRANDBOIS dit GUILBAUT and Marie-Anne DEMERS (maternal) Caspar-Gerhardt NIEDING and Marie-Angélique GAGNÉ dite D'AUBURGEONGeorge-Arthur ALEXANDRE dit GRANDBOIS died 27 July 1834 in Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada. George-Arthur died as an infant.
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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