Charles
LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD
(b.
12 May 1771
,
L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
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Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD was born 12 May 1771 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD was the child of Pierre OUVRARD dit LAPERRIÈRE and Pelagie TRUDEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine OUVRARD dit LAPERRIÈRE and Angélique VÉZINA (maternal) Nicolas TRUDEL and Barbe TARDIFSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles married Marie-Josephte DEFOY 8 August 1796 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte DEFOY was born 7 January 1766 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 10 December 1852 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Josephte was the child of Augustin DEFOY and Catherine DROUIN.
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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