François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

(b. abt. 1790 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada

François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was the child of Michel BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Archange GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Anne JANOT dite LACHAPELLE (maternal) Honore-Joseph GAGNÉ and Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR

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François married Marguerite DUQUET 6 October 1823 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marguerite DUQUET was born 12 July 1806 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marguerite died 10 July 1884 in Essex, Tillbury, Ontario, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Andre DUQUET and Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

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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