Joseph-Ambroise
REGEAS dit LAPRADE
(b.
28 January 1785
,
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
,
)
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Joseph-Ambroise REGEAS dit LAPRADE was born 28 January 1785 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Ambroise REGEAS dit LAPRADE was the child of Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Marie-Angélique MATTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Marie-Marguerite BREARD dite LAROCHE (maternal) Alexis MATTE and Marie-Thérèse GIGNACSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Ambroise married Madeleine GUILBAULT 4 May 1807 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine GUILBAULT was born 5 October 1785 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Madeleine was the child of Ambroise-Joseph GUILBAUT and Apolline BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS.
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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