Joseph CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

(b. abt. 1863 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Joseph CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) was born abt. 1863 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) was the child of Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) and Flavie MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis CYRIAC (TIRIAC) and Marguerite GIROUX (maternal) Joseph MORIN and Flavie BECHARD

Joseph was an immigrant, arriving by 1870.

NOTE: Alternate date of birth April 1856

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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1870 - Plainfield, Connecticut
Name: Joseph Rappencan
Age in 1870: 7
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Canada
Dwelling Number: 572
Home in 1870: Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: At School
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Attended School: Y
Inferred Father: Mitchel Rappencan
Inferred Mother: Fluvia Rappencan
Household Members:
Name Age
Mitchel Rappencan 46
Fluvia Rappencan 43
Almina Rappencan 22
Marcelena Rappencan 19
Clement Rappencan 17
Edward Rappencan 15
Louis Rappencan 13
John Rappencan 11
Josephinn Rappencan 9
Joseph Rappencan 7
Vancelos Rappencan 3
Rosanna Rappencan 1/ 12

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Added: 5/1/2014 6:07:13 PM - Updated: 6/14/2018 1:19:06 PM