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Michel VACHER dit LACERTE was born 19 April 1711 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Michel VACHER dit LACERTE was the child of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON
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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1711 Birth 19 April 1711
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
'Michel, born 1711, became a voyageur and traveled out to the land of the Illinois and down to New Orleans.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 251
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