Gabriel BASTIEN dit VANASSE

(b. abt. 1772 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 September 1847 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East )

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Gabriel BASTIEN dit VANASSE was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada

Gabriel BASTIEN dit VANASSE was the child of Alexis VANASSE dit BASTIEN and Marie-Antoinette GRONDIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien VANASSE and Marie-Suzanne BARON dite LUPIEN (maternal) Jean GRONDIN and Marie-Geneviève OUELLET

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Gabriel married Judith GABOURY 31 January 1814 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . Judith GABOURY was born 12 October 1786 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Judith died 6 January 1831 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Judith was the child of Charles GABOURY and Marie-Anne TESSIER.

Gabriel married (2) Julie REGNIER (REGNIÈRE) 24 February 1840 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada . Julie REGNIER (REGNIÈRE) was born 20 November 1804 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Julie died 4 May 1883 in St-Étienne-des-Grès, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada. Julie was the child of Jean-Baptiste REGNIER and Elisabeth BOUCHER.

Gabriel BASTIEN dit VANASSE died 11 September 1847 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East .
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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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