Antoine
ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST
(b.
abt. 1721
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
24 October 1793
,
Batiscan, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST was born abt. 1721 in Québec Province, Canada
Antoine ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST was the child of Mathieu ROUILLARD and Marguerite TROTTAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathieu ROUILLARD and Jeanne GUILLET (maternal) Francois TROTTAIN dit SAINT-SEURIN and Jeanne Anne HARDYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Agathe DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) 24 January 1752 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . Agathe DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) was born 1 May 1722 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Agathe died 15 September 1756 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Agathe was the child of François DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Elisabeth BERTRAND dite ST-ARNAUD.
Antoine ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST died 24 October 1793 in Batiscan, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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