Modeste
CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET
(b.
10 January 1797
,
Batiscan, Lower Canada
d.
30 May 1882
,
St-Philippe, Windsor-Mills, Canada
)
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Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET was born 10 January 1797 in Batiscan, Lower Canada
Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET was the child of Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS and Brigitte L'HEUREUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GUILLET and Marie-Josephte RIVARD dite LANOUETTE (maternal) Louis-Joseph LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Françoise-Brigitte RIVARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Modeste married Rosalie MERCIER 22 July 1823 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie MERCIER was born 26 May 1800 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Rosalie died 2 April 1859 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Joseph MERCIER and Marie-Isabelle GUILLEMETTE.
Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET died 30 May 1882 in St-Philippe, Windsor-Mills, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Modeste 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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