Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE

(b. 16 January 1803 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 25 September 1878 , St-Venant De Paquetteville, Quebec, Canada )

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Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE was born 16 January 1803 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE was the child of Michel BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Marie-Elisabeth ARPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Marie-Madeleine GOULET (maternal) Pierre HERPIN (ARPIN) and Elisabeth CHAPDELAINE

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

Pierre married Louise CATUDAL 24 January 1826 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise CATUDAL was born abt. 1806 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Louise died 13 January 1890 in St-Malo, Quebec, Canada. Louise was the child of Michel-Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Elisabeth-Isabelle VIDAL dite TOUREIL.

Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE died 25 September 1878 in St-Venant De Paquetteville, Quebec, 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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