Joseph Napoleon
PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE
(b.
30 July 1842
,
L'Acadie, Canada East
d.
12 December 1928
,
Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
)
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Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE was born 30 July 1842 in L'Acadie, Canada East
Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE was the child of Dominique PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE and Flavie MONET (MONETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph Clovis PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE and Marie Rose GAUDREAU (maternal) Paul Hippolyte MONET and Rose (Rosalie) TRAHANSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph Napoleon married Henriette BREAULT (BRAULT) 25 November 1867 in St George, Kankakee, Illinois, USA . Henriette BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 25 March 1851 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Henriette died 2 May 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Henriette was the child of Salomon BREAULT (BRAULT) and Felicite PONTON dite ST-GERMAIN.
Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE died 12 December 1928 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.
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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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