Elisabeth
BALSE dite JAMBARD
(b.
8 October 1718
,
La Flotte, Poitou, France
d.
4 September 1774
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Elisabeth BALSE dite JAMBARD was born 8 October 1718 in La Flotte, Poitou, France
Elisabeth BALSE dite JAMBARD was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elisabeth married Jean-Baptiste BONENFANT 1 June 1745 in La Flotte, Poitou, France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste BONENFANT was born 24 June 1716 in St-Martin-de-Fraigneau, Vendee, France. Jean-Baptiste died 10 August 1797 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse).
Elisabeth BALSE dite JAMBARD died 4 September 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada .
daughter of Jean Balse and Anne Brissaud
Details of the family tree of Elisabeth 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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