Anne PICOTE dite BELESTRE

(b. abt. 1714 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1756 , Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) )

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Anne PICOTE dite BELESTRE was born abt. 1714 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Anne PICOTE dite BELESTRE was the child of François Marie PICOTÉ dit BELESTRE and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PICOTÉ dit BELESTRE and Marie PAR (maternal) Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE

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Anne married Louis Cesaire DAIGNEAU (DAGNEAU) 4 December 1736 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Louis Cesaire DAIGNEAU (DAGNEAU) was born 8 October 1704 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Louis Cesaire died 2 February 1767 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Louis Cesaire was the child of Michel DAIGNEAU (DAGNEAU) and Marie LAMY.

Anne PICOTE dite BELESTRE died 5 May 1756 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).

m. Daigneau Louis-Cesaire

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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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