Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR

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19 August 1779 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

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Leonard PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR Madeleine DELAGE dite LAFLEUR

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Born: 19 August 1779 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Leonard PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR

Mother: Madeleine DELAGE dite LAFLEUR

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DELAGE dit LAFLEUR , Marie-Madeleine AUGER dite BARON

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve POITEVIN 27 January 1800 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada . Genevieve POITEVIN was born 15 October 1778 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Genevieve died 7 November 1811 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Genevieve was the child of Simon POITEVIN dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique ÉTHIER.

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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Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR married

Genevieve POITEVIN
Marriage date: 27 January 1800
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
Genevieve POITEVIN was the child of Simon POITEVIN dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique ÉTHIER

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Birth — 1779
19 August 1779
Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

1800 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR and Genevieve POITEVIN 27 January 1800, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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