Jean-Baptiste
SUREAU dit BLONDIN
(b.
19 April 1749
,
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
11 September 1813
,
Rigaud, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste SUREAU dit BLONDIN was born 19 April 1749 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste SUREAU dit BLONDIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste SUREAU dit BLONDIN and Marie-Anne BRAZEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles SUREAU dit BLONDIN and Anne CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Paul BRAZEAU and Marie-Rose CADIEUXSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Agathe CHARPENTIER dite LAPAILLE 27 February 1786 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Agathe CHARPENTIER dite LAPAILLE was born 19 October 1762 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Marie-Agathe died 27 June 1832 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe was the child of Gabriel CHARPENTIER and Marie-Anne MONTEIL.
Jean-Baptiste SUREAU dit BLONDIN died 11 September 1813 in Rigaud, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste 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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