Joseph RIEL dit DELORME

(b. abt. 1741 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Joseph RIEL dit DELORME was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph RIEL dit DELORME was the child of Joseph-Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Anne PERRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Louise COUTU (COTTU) (maternal) Claude PERRAULT and Marie GOULET

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Joseph married Angelique LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 22 September 1766 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . Angelique LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born 14 April 1744 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Angelique died 25 May 1801 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Angelique was the child of Nicolas LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Jeanne CADERON ST-PIERRE DITE RENARD.

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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