Marie-Louise
HETU dite ETHIER
(b.
22 June 1777
,
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
13 January 1842
,
Berthierville, Canada East
)
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Marie-Louise HETU dite ETHIER was born 22 June 1777 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise HETU dite ETHIER was the child of Joseph HETU and Marie-Josephte GENEREUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HETU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE (maternal) Louis GENEREUX and Marie-Rose LATOURSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Louise married Pierre GERVAIS 10 September 1798 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Pierre GERVAIS was born 6 November 1774 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 25 January 1818 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre was the child of Ignace GERVAIS and Marguerite CLUSEAU.
Marie-Louise HETU dite ETHIER died 13 January 1842 in Berthierville, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Louise 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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