Louis LEGRAND dit BELLEROSE

(b. abt. 1747 , France d. , )

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Louis LEGRAND dit BELLEROSE was born abt. 1747 in France

Louis LEGRAND dit BELLEROSE was the child of ? and ?

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Louis married Angelique BERLOIN dite NANTEL 26 October 1761 in Mascouche, Canada . Angelique BERLOIN dite NANTEL was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angelique died 7 July 1771 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Angelique was the child of Joseph BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Marie-Suzanne ÉTHIER.

son of Jacques LeGrand and Francoise Lefebvre

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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