Nicolas RIVARD dit LORANGER

(b. abt. 1670 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 August 1733 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )

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Nicolas RIVARD dit LORANGER was born abt. 1670 in Québec Province, Canada

Nicolas RIVARD dit LORANGER was the child of Robert RIVARD dit LORANGER and Marie-Madeleine GUILLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Pierre-Thomas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne MULLARD (maternal) Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Jeanne ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX

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Nicolas married Marie-Anne DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS 30 December 1721 in Champlain, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was born 3 June 1685 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Anne died 3 April 1749 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Anne was the child of Michel DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Thomasee-Jeanne ARTAULT (ARTEAU).

Nicolas RIVARD dit LORANGER died 18 August 1733 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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