Jean-Baptiste
VETU dit BELAIR
(b.
19 July 1754
,
Verchères, Canada, New France
d.
21 April 1815
,
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR was born 19 July 1754 in Verchères, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR was the child of Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR and Catherine BOISSEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Philippe VETU dit BELAIRE and Marie-Anne LAROCHE (maternal) Charles BOISSEL and Thérèse DAUDELINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Françoise LARRIVEE 27 October 1777 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise LARRIVEE was born 6 May 1756 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Françoise died 1 April 1790 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of Jacques LARRIVEE (ARRIVEE) and Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE.
Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR died 21 April 1815 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .
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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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