Joseph
AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE
(b.
18 November 1723
,
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
d.
27 February 1790
,
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE was born 18 November 1723 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE was the child of Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Thérèse GILBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Louise-Jeanne TAUDIÈRE dite RENARD (maternal) Étienne GILBERT and Marguerite THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Madeleine MAROIS 16 November 1750 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine MAROIS was born 11 November 1726 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 26 June 1788 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Prisque MAROIS and Marie-Angélique GARNEAU.
Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE died 27 February 1790 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada.
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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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