Jeanne-Françoise
GIGUERE dite DESPINS
(b.
11 June 1729
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
d.
22 March 1810
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
)
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Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS was born 11 June 1729 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS was the child of Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Françoise JUTRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Françoise PINARD (maternal) Dominque JUTRAS dit DESROSIERS and Marie NIQUETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jeanne-Françoise married André ALLARD 25 October 1749 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
André ALLARD was born 19 February 1716 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). André died 20 May 1783 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. André was the child of François-Jean ALLARD and Catherine-Geneviève DAUPHIN.
Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS died 22 March 1810 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Jeanne-Françoise 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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