Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS

(b. 5 January 1760 , Batiscan, Canada d. 27 February 1802 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS was born 5 January 1760 in Batiscan, Canada

Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS was the child of Joseph GUILLET and Marie-Josephte RIVARD dite LANOUETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GUILLET and Marie TROTTIER (maternal) Ignace RIVARD dit LANOUETTE and Marie-Josephte PERRAULT

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

Joseph-Louis married Brigitte L'HEUREUX 16 January 1786 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Brigitte L'HEUREUX was born 7 November 1768 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Brigitte died 24 September 1848 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Brigitte was the child of Louis-Joseph LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Françoise-Brigitte RIVARD.

Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS died 27 February 1802 in Batiscan, Lower Canada .

m. L'Heureux Brigitte

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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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