Joseph
SOUCY dit LAVIGNE
(b.
19 July 1704
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
d.
21 July 1745
,
La Pocatière, Canada, New France
)
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Joseph SOUCY dit LAVIGNE was born 19 July 1704 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Joseph SOUCY dit LAVIGNE was the child of Pierre SOUCY and Elisabeth-Ursule FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean SOUCY dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne SAVONNET (maternal) Urbain-Pierre FOUCAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and Jeanne ROSSIGNOLSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Madeleine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ 7 January 1727 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Madeleine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ was born 18 April 1706 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Madeleine died 4 January 1777 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Madeleine was the child of Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Angélique THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT).
Joseph SOUCY dit LAVIGNE died 21 July 1745 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of Joseph appear below.
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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