Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit FÈCHE

(b. abt. 1732 , France d. 23 December 1792 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada )

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Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit FÈCHE was born abt. 1732 in France

Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit FÈCHE was the child of ? and ?

Joseph was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1761.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Josephte LAFOND 3 August 1761 in La-Pérade, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LAFOND was born 5 October 1738 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Josephte died 14 December 1815 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Josephte was the child of Etienne LAFOND and Marie-Josephte BERTRAND dite ST-ARNAUD.

Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit FÈCHE died 23 December 1792 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada .

son of Pierre St-Germain and Marie-Louise Fèche

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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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