Thérèse
GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN
(b.
abt. 1702
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
23 April 1780
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN was born abt. 1702 in Québec Province, Canada
Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN was the child of François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN and Jeanne VANASSE and the grandchild of: (maternal) François-Noel VANASSE and Jeanne FOURRIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thérèse married Jean JOYAL 1 February 1723 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean JOYAL was born 22 September 1683 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jean died 18 September 1776 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Jean was the child of Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL) and Marie-Gertrude MORAL.
Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN died 23 April 1780 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Thérèse 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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