Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

(b. May 1821 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 23 January 1902 , Lowell, Massachusetts, USA )

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Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was born May 1821 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was the child of François DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Therese BOUCHER (maternal) Joseph-Marie MIVILLE and Catherine DURAND

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Isaac married Marie Olympe FAUCHER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Olympe FAUCHER was born 30 June 1830 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie Olympe died 28 February 1903 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. Marie Olympe was the child of Joseph FAUCHER and Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL.

Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE died 23 January 1902 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.
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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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Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE married

Marie Olympe FAUCHER-- Place:
Marie Olympe FAUCHER was the child of Joseph FAUCHER and Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL

Children of Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie Olympe FAUCHER:

Isaac DESROSIERS LAFRENIERE FREEMAN (b.February 1853, Frelighsburgh, Quebec, Canada d. November 23, 1916, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Exeline LITNO

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