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Joseph LEPAGE dit ROY was born 25 May 1788 in Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph LEPAGE dit ROY was the child of Joseph-Marie LEPAGE dit ROY and Jeanne MALLET (MAILLET) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Joseph LEPAGE and Marie-Josephe POIRIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MALLET (MAILLET) and Marie-Louise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Anne TREMBLAY 26 July 1824 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne TREMBLAY was born 1 September 1792 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne was the child of Paul TREMBLAY and Marie-Suzanne RAINVILLE.
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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