Cécile-Azilda PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

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28 September 1864 , Beloeil, Canada East

Died

22 January 1881 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN Louise TRUDEAU

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Born: 28 September 1864 in Beloeil, Canada East

Father: Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Mother: Louise TRUDEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN , Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph TRUDEAU , Celeste WILLIAM dite THOMAS

Cécile-Azilda PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN died 22 January 1881 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada .

m. 18 Jan 1878, St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Alphonse Choiniere-Sabourin
(1858–)

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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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Birth — 1864
28 September 1864
Beloeil, Canada East

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.