Marie-Angélique JOLY dite DELBEC

(b. abt. 1740 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 May 1809 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angélique JOLY dite DELBEC was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Angélique JOLY dite DELBEC was the child of Marc-Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY and Marie-Anne BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DELBEC dit JOLY and Geneviève TERILLON dite TESSIER (maternal) Charles BOUCHER and Marguerite-Agnes PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Marie-Angélique married Jean RIVAL dit BELLEROSE 4 November 1760 in Berthierville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean RIVAL dit BELLEROSE was born 21 March 1734 in Framboise, France. Jean died 6 April 1821 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier).

Marie-Angélique JOLY dite DELBEC died 19 May 1809 in Berthierville, 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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