Basile
LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS
(b.
8 January 1774
,
Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
12 July 1846
,
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada East
)
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Basile LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 8 January 1774 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Basile LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was the child of Basile LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptitse LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Anne CHOLET (maternal) Joseph-Marie ROULEAU and Anne LAUZONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Basile married Marie-Charlotte ETHIER 1 February 1796 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada . Marie-Charlotte ETHIER was born 1 February 1776 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte died 22 December 1855 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Simon ETHIER and Marie-Charlotte PROULX.
Basile LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS died 12 July 1846 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Basile 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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