Joseph VETU dit BELAIR

(b. abt. 1784 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 January 1813 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph VETU dit BELAIR was born abt. 1784 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph VETU dit BELAIR was the child of Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR and Marie-Françoise LARRIVEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR and Catherine BOISSEL (maternal) Jacques LARRIVEE (ARRIVEE) and Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE

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

Joseph married Julie-Angelique CHARTIER 23 June 1806 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie-Angelique CHARTIER was born 16 November 1785 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Julie-Angelique died 6 September 1857 in Beauharnois, Québec, Canada. Julie-Angelique was the child of Antoine CHARTIER and Angelique VERONNEAU dite DENIS.

Joseph VETU dit BELAIR died 11 January 1813 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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