Elisabeth-Ursule
BENOIT dite ABEL
(b.
15 January 1711
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
6 October 1764
,
Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Elisabeth-Ursule BENOIT dite ABEL was born 15 January 1711 in Québec Province, Canada
Elisabeth-Ursule BENOIT dite ABEL was the child of Pierre BENOIT dit ABEL and Marie DIONNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abel BENOIT (BENOIST) dit LAFOREST and Marthe POINTEL (maternal) Antoine DIONNE dit SANSOUCY and Catherine IVORY (YVORY)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elisabeth-Ursule married Claude NAU (NAULT) 11 July 1729 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Claude NAU (NAULT) was born 10 November 1695 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). Claude died 18 June 1758 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Claude was the child of François NAU (NAULT) and Marie-Thérèse CHAILLE.
Elisabeth-Ursule BENOIT dite ABEL died 6 October 1764 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Elisabeth-Ursule 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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