Joseph
LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ
(b.
14 March 1743
,
La-Pérade, Canada, New France
d.
5 May 1815
,
La-Pérade, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ was born 14 March 1743 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPRÉ and Madeleine ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin LEVESQUE and Marie-Madeleine MORAND (maternal) Jacques ROCHEREAU and Marie-Madeleine THIFFAULTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU) 14 January 1765 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU) was born 12 October 1742 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Josephte died 30 March 1808 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Josephte was the child of Claude DEVEAU and Madeleine GENDRON.
Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ died 5 May 1815 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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