Jean-Baptiste
DELPECHE dit BELAIR
(b.
10 July 1685
,
Repentigny, Canada, New France
d.
1 December 1760
,
Saint-Sulpice, Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste DELPECHE dit BELAIR was born 10 July 1685 in Repentigny, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste DELPECHE dit BELAIR was the child of Bernard DELPECHE dit BELAIR and Marie-Marguerite JOURDAINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine MENARD 27 July 1711 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Madeleine MENARD was born 5 December 1674 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Madeleine died 10 March 1758 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre MENARD dit ST-ONGE and Marguerite DESHAYES.
Jean-Baptiste DELPECHE dit BELAIR died 1 December 1760 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada.
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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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