Alexis
LUCAS dit DONTIGNY
(b.
6 January 1732
,
Champlain, Canada, New France
d.
23 June 1808
,
Champlain, Lower Canada
)
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Alexis LUCAS dit DONTIGNY was born 6 January 1732 in Champlain, Canada, New France
Alexis LUCAS dit DONTIGNY was the child of François LUCAS dit DONTIGNY and Marie-Josephte CAYA (CAILLA) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LUCAS dit DONTIGNY and Marie-Madeleine BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) (maternal) Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) and Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis married Marie Anne HEON 6 January 1761 in Champlain, Canada . Marie Anne HEON was born 17 April 1734 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Anne died 12 April 1804 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie Anne was the child of Charles HEON and Anne CLEMANCEAU dite CHEFDEVERNE.
Alexis LUCAS dit DONTIGNY died 23 June 1808 in Champlain, Lower Canada .
m. Marie Anne Heon
6 January 1761
Champlain
Details of the family tree of Alexis 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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