Prospere HAMELIN dite PAGNOL

(b. abt. 1767 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 January 1840 , Grondines, Lower Canada )

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Prospere HAMELIN dite PAGNOL was born abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada

Prospere HAMELIN dite PAGNOL was the child of Joseph-Marie HAMELIN dit GRONDINES and Elisabeth-Isabelle TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie HAMELIN dit PLAGNOL and Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) (maternal) Louis TROTTIER and Louise-Madeleine HAMELIN

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Prospere married Louis-Joachim MARCHAND 10 February 1789 in Grondines, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Joachim MARCHAND was born 24 October 1750 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Louis-Joachim died 16 May 1838 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). Louis-Joachim was the child of Louis-Joachim MARCHAND and Marie-Josephte RIVARD.

Prospere HAMELIN dite PAGNOL died 23 January 1840 in Grondines, Lower Canada .
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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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