Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC

(b. 1 October 1745 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1808 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC was born 1 October 1745 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY dit DELBEC and Therese BLET dite GAZAILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DELBEC dit JOLY and Mathurine AUBUCHON dite DESALLIERS (maternal) Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE and Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER)

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Joseph married Angélique GOULET 7 November 1774 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique GOULET was born 17 April 1759 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Angélique died 13 May 1812 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Angélique was the child of Joseph GOULET and Marie-Angélique BONIN dite STE-MARIE.

Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC died 23 April 1808 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .
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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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