HELP! Ancestor is complete! immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor  Joseph  BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS

  (b. 17 December 1810 Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada   d. 6 January 1892 Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )  
Age: 81
Cause of Death: old age

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Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS was born 17 December 1810 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada

Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS was the child of Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS   and   Marie-Charlotte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Laurent BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME and Marie-Louise-Catherine MASSÉ (maternal)  Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) and Marguerite CASAUBON dite DIDIER

Joseph was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1867.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph  married  Marie Marcelline (Marcelle) BEAUPRE 20 February 1838 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .  Marie Marcelline (Marcelle) BEAUPRE  was born 19 September 1800 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Marie Marcelline (Marcelle) died 27 May 1840 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Marie Marcelline (Marcelle) was the child of Pierre BEAUPRE and Marguerite LEMIRE.

Joseph  married  (2) Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER 21 February 1843 in Varennes, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER  was born 10 December 1818 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*.  Marie Adelaide (Adee) died 24 July 1847 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada.  Marie Adelaide (Adee) was the child of Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY.

Joseph  married  (3) Angélique GOULET 29 February 1848 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angélique GOULET  was born 30 July 1812 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie).  Angélique died 31 August 1887 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville).  Angélique was the child of Pierre GOULET and Marguerite LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS died 6 January 1892 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

Obituary NOT found in any of the microfilms at the Southbridge library - checked Southbridge Journal


Details of the family tree of Joseph appear below.

Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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