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Marguerite BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR was born 12 July 1732 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Marguerite BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR was the child of Luc BROSSEAU dit LAFLEUR and Madeleine HORSON dite PISCINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BROSSEAU and Marie-Jeanne COLLET (COLLETTE) (maternal) Simon-Hector HORSON dit PISCINE and Jeanne LARUESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married François Marie GERVAIS 20 January 1759 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François Marie GERVAIS was born 19 December 1722 in La Chevrotiere, Quebec, Canada. François Marie died 22 July 1791 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). François Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS and Marie-Jeanne TESSIER.
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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