Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

(b. abt. 1805 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Madeleine QUINTIN dite DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAUTHIER and Marie-Veronique LAPORTE (maternal) Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Louise PETIT dite LAPRÉ

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie-Louise BOULAY 18 July 1825 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BOULAY was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise died 28 July 1885 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle). Marie-Louise was the child of Francois BOULAY and Madeleine FARDET (FORDAIS).

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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Family and Children of Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

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Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Marie-Louise BOULAY-- Date: 18 July 1825 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Marie-Louise BOULAY was the child of Francois BOULAY and Madeleine FARDET (FORDAIS)

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Children of Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Louise BOULAY:

Celina GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN (b.3 November 1846, Saint-Valentin, Canada East d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 20 September 1864 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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1825 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Louise BOULAY 18 July 1825, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)