Gilles
BERTRAND dit BEAULIEU
(b.
abt. 1704
,
Bretagne, France
d.
10 December 1764
,
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Gilles BERTRAND dit BEAULIEU was born abt. 1704 in Bretagne, France
Gilles BERTRAND dit BEAULIEU was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gilles married Thérèse TROUILLET 4 February 1737 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse TROUILLET was born 26 March 1717 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Thérèse died 8 June 1767 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Thérèse was the child of Louis TROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Louise DUBOIS.
Gilles BERTRAND dit BEAULIEU died 10 December 1764 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada .
son of Gilles Bertrand and Perrine Lenoyer
Details of the family tree of Gilles appear below.
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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