Jacques CARRE dit LAROCHE

(b. 12 December 1805 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

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Jacques CARRE dit LAROCHE was born 12 December 1805 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Jacques CARRE dit LAROCHE was the child of Jacques CARRE dit LAROCHE and Marie-Josephe MAROIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques CARRE dit LAROCHE and Marie-Charlotte FAVRON (maternal) Joachim MAROIS and Marie-Anne ONDOYER dite BOISVERT

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Jacques married Geneviève TAILLON dite LATAILLE 5 November 1827 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Geneviève TAILLON dite LATAILLE was born 19 December 1780 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève died 4 May 1842 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève was the child of Louis-Charles MICHEL TAILLON dit LATAILLE and Geneviève DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE.

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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