Claude
THOMAS dit BEAULIEU
(b.
5 March 1654
,
Lannion, Cotes d'Armor, France
d.
16 April 1729
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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Claude THOMAS dit BEAULIEU was born 5 March 1654 in Lannion, Cotes d'Armor, France
Claude THOMAS dit BEAULIEU was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Madeleine SCEAUX abt. 1689 in Plaisance, Terre-Neuve, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine SCEAUX was born abt. 1670
Claude THOMAS dit BEAULIEU died 16 April 1729 in Québec, Canada, New France .
son of Martin Thomas dit Beaulieu and Francoise Heude
Details of the family tree of Claude 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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