Joseph LEMAITRE dit BELLENOIX

(b. abt. 1748 , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 May 1820 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LEMAITRE dit BELLENOIX was born abt. 1748 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph LEMAITRE dit BELLENOIX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Marie-Anne FAFARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Madeleine CREVIER dite BELLERIVE (maternal) Louis-François FAFARD dit DELORME and Marie-Ursule JACOB

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Joseph married Marie-Anne LESAGE 7 November 1768 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne LESAGE was born abt. 1754 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 24 May 1809 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS.

Joseph LEMAITRE dit BELLENOIX died 21 May 1820 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .

m. Lesage Marie-Anne

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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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