Joseph BILLY dit ST-LOUIS

(b. 7 November 1718 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. , )

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Joseph BILLY dit ST-LOUIS was born 7 November 1718 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Joseph BILLY dit ST-LOUIS was the child of Guillaume BILLY dit ST-LOUIS and Marie-Madeleine NORMANDIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François BILLY (DUBILLY) and Catherine-Marguerite DELAMARCHE (DELAMARRE) (maternal) Daniel NORMANDIN and Marie-Louise HAYOT

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

Joseph married Angelique LABRECHE dite DEZIEL abt. 1743 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Angelique LABRECHE dite DEZIEL was born abt. 1719 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angelique died 27 August 1794 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Angelique was the child of Pierre DELGUEL dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BARON dite LUPIEN.

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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