Cecile-Celeste
PETIT dite LAPRE
(b.
21 November 1737
,
Varennes, Canada, New France
d.
15 October 1771
,
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Cecile-Celeste PETIT dite LAPRE was born 21 November 1737 in Varennes, Canada, New France
Cecile-Celeste PETIT dite LAPRE was the child of Louis PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis PETIT and Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (MEUSNIER) and Barbe RICHAUMESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Cecile-Celeste married Michel-Amable HAYET dit MALO 24 January 1757 in Varennes, Canada, New France . Michel-Amable HAYET dit MALO was born 27 March 1733 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Michel-Amable died 21 June 1811 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Michel-Amable was the child of Louis HAYET dit ST-MALO and Madeleine EMERY dite CODERRE.
Cecile-Celeste PETIT dite LAPRE died 15 October 1771 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Cecile-Celeste 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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