Louis
THOMAS dit BEAULIEU
(b.
abt. 1697
,
Plaisance, Terre-Neuve, Canada
d.
17 January 1758
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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Louis THOMAS dit BEAULIEU was born abt. 1697 in Plaisance, Terre-Neuve, Canada
Louis THOMAS dit BEAULIEU was the child of Claude THOMAS dit BEAULIEU and Madeleine SCEAUXSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Jeanne LABRECQUE 17 January 1729 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne LABRECQUE was born 6 June 1707 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jeanne died 20 June 1788 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jeanne was the child of Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE.
Louis THOMAS dit BEAULIEU died 17 January 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of Louis 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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