Charlotte
RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE
(b.
8 December 1748
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
18 April 1816
,
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
)
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Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE was born 8 December 1748 in Québec Province, Canada
Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE was the child of Joseph RIVARD dit BELLEFEUILLE and Charlotte LEMAITRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Joseph RIVARD dit BELLEFEUILLE and Marie-Francoise LESIEUR (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Marie-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charlotte married Charles LESIEUR 2 March 1778 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles LESIEUR was born February 1753 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Charles died 16 September 1818 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Charles was the child of Pierre LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Genevieve SICARD.
Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE died 18 April 1816 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Charlotte appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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