Mathilde REGEAS dite LAPRADE

(b. abt. 1808 , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1874 , Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada )

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Mathilde REGEAS dite LAPRADE was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada

Mathilde REGEAS dite LAPRADE was the child of Joseph-Ambroise REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Madeleine GUILBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Marie-Angélique MATTE (maternal) Ambroise-Joseph GUILBAUT and Apolline BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS

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Mathilde married Pierre-Didace HENAULT 21 October 1826 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . Pierre-Didace HENAULT was born 5 July 1806 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Pierre-Didace died 4 October 1869 in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada. Pierre-Didace was the child of Jean-Baptiste HENAULT and Marguerite LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Mathilde REGEAS dite LAPRADE died abt. 1874 in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada.
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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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