Josephte
POITEVIN dite POTVIN
(b.
20 April 1785
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
2 January 1846
,
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
)
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Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN was born 20 April 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN was the child of Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel POITEVIN and Françoise TREMBLAY (maternal) Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Josephte married Joseph FORTIN 28 October 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph FORTIN was born 10 February 1768 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph died 1 August 1835 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD.
Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN died 2 January 1846 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East.
Details of the family tree of Josephte appear below.
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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