René
ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS
(b.
23 November 1645
,
La Charrière, Deux-Sèvres, France
d.
,
Québec Province, Canada
)
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René ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS was born 23 November 1645 in La Charrière, Deux-Sèvres, France
René ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS was the child of ? and ?René was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
René married Jeanne BLONDEAU 16 November 1671 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jeanne BLONDEAU was born abt. 1646 in France. Jeanne died 2 November 1680 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).
René married (2) Marguerite GIRARD 30 November 1690 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite GIRARD was born 1 January 1643 in Boulogne Sur Mer, Picardie, France. Marguerite died February 1716 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).
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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