Jean
LEGRIS dit LEPINE
(b.
abt. 1671
,
Paris, France
d.
17 November 1737
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE was born abt. 1671 in Paris, France
Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE was the child of ? and ?Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1692.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Marie-Geneviève SEDILOT 7 January 1692 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Geneviève SEDILOT was born 10 November 1675 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Geneviève died 18 March 1711 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jean SEDILOT and Marie-Claude DELAHOGUE.
Jean married (2) Jeanne MORIN 11 August 1711 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne MORIN was born 22 April 1685 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jeanne died 26 November 1755 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jeanne was the child of Pierre MORIN and Catherine LEMESLE.
Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE died 17 November 1737 in Québec, Canada, New France .
son of Guillaume Legris and Marie Levard Leclerc
Details of the family tree of Jean 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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