Jean-Baptiste
FOUCAULT dit LEMIRE
(b.
24 February 1734
,
Nicolet, Canada, New France
d.
17 September 1794
,
Nicolet, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit LEMIRE was born 24 February 1734 in Nicolet, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit LEMIRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMIRE dit FOUCAULT and Marie-Catherine PINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Antoine PINARD and Marie JUTRASSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Angelique LOISEAU 6 August 1760 in Boucherville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Angelique LOISEAU was born 21 August 1738 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Angelique died 17 February 1790 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Joachim LOISEAU and Marie-Josephte GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN.
Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit LEMIRE died 17 September 1794 in Nicolet, Lower Canada .
m. Loiseau Angelique
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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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