Ursule BERARD dite LÉPINE

(b. 20 August 1735 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1817 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Ursule BERARD dite LÉPINE was born 20 August 1735 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Ursule BERARD dite LÉPINE was the child of Jean-François BÉRARD and Marie-Thérèse RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) (maternal) Jean-Bernard RENAUD (REGNAULT) and Marie-Jeanne DERY (D'HERY)

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

Ursule married Pierre-Francois LEVASSEUR 9 November 1761 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Francois LEVASSEUR was born 1 April 1732 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pierre-Francois died 4 April 1784 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Pierre-Francois was the child of François LEVASSEUR dit CHAVERLANGE and Marie-Madeleine LEGRIS dite LÉPINE.

Ursule married (2) Joseph JACQUES 2 October 1786 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph JACQUES was born 7 September 1722 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Joseph died 13 April 1801 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Louis JACQUES and Marguerite SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN).

Ursule BERARD dite LÉPINE died 4 January 1817 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.
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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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