Gabriel
DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD
(b.
abt. 1739
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
20 January 1792
,
Lachenaie, Lower Canada
)
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Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was born abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada
Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was the child of Louis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Anne PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DESTROISMAISONS and Marie-Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE (maternal) Denis PROULX and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ (GASNIER)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gabriel married Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN) 11 January 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN) was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Jacques Christophe MOYEN and Marguerite CHIASSON.
Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD died 20 January 1792 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Gabriel 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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