Pierre BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE

(b. 23 April 1762 , Saint-Ours, Canada d. 29 March 1825 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE was born 23 April 1762 in Saint-Ours, Canada

Pierre BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE was the child of Joseph BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE and Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE and Françoise BAZINET (maternal) Pierre-François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT and Geneviève TOURNOIS

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Pierre married Archange DESMARAIS 13 February 1804 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Archange DESMARAIS was born 27 August 1778 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Archange died 30 November 1839 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Archange was the child of Christophe DESMARAIS and Catherine CARTIER.

Pierre BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE died 29 March 1825 in Saint-Ours, 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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