Michel
BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR
(b.
14 February 1766
,
Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
20 November 1836
,
Oka, Lower Canada
)
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Michel BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was born 14 February 1766 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was the child of Michel BIROLEAU and Marguerite VILLERAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephe LAUZON (maternal) Michel VILLERAY and Charlotte LEGROSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Ursule SAUVE 27 October 1789 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule SAUVE was born 21 September 1771 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Ursule died 26 January 1805 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Ursule was the child of Basile-Amable SAUVE and Marie-Josephe-Marianne PROULX.
Michel BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR died 20 November 1836 in Oka, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Michel 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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