Claude-Joseph
RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE
(b.
3 May 1745
,
Batiscan, Canada, New France
d.
13 October 1797
,
Louiseville, Lower Canada
)
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Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was born 3 May 1745 in Batiscan, Canada, New France
Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was the child of Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Louise-Josephte MASSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Madeleine LEPELLE (maternal) Michel MASSON and Marie-Anne DUPONTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude-Joseph married Marie-Felicite CADOT 27 July 1767 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Felicite CADOT was born 27 November 1741 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Felicite was the child of Mathurin CADOT and Marie-Felicite HAYOT (AYOTTE).
Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE died 13 October 1797 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .
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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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