Marie
FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE
(b.
22 March 1700
,
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
d.
27 January 1784
,
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE was born 22 March 1700 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE was the child of Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Catherine BIVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) François BIVILLE dit LE PICARD and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie married Étienne TREMBLAY 12 November 1715 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Étienne TREMBLAY was born 25 December 1690 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Étienne died 20 September 1767 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Étienne was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN.
Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE died 27 January 1784 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie 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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