Joachim
BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR
(b.
2 October 1790
,
Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
15 September 1878
,
Ste-Marguerite, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
)
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Joachim BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was born 2 October 1790 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Joachim BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was the child of Michel BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Ursule SAUVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BIROLEAU and Marguerite VILLERAY (maternal) Basile-Amable SAUVE and Marie-Josephe-Marianne PROULXSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joachim married Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS 1 May 1820 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was born 26 August 1796 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died abt. 1856 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Antoine LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Eulalie-Angelique IMBEAULT.
Joachim BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR died 15 September 1878 in Ste-Marguerite, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Joachim 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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