Ursule BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

(b. 15 April 1761 , Verchères, Canada d. , )

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Ursule BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS was born 15 April 1761 in Verchères, Canada

Ursule BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS was the child of Paul BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Angelique CHAGNON (maternal) Vincent JARRET dit BEAUREGARD and Catherine PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE

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Ursule married Joseph BRIN dit LEBRUN 10 October 1785 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph BRIN dit LEBRUN was born 16 December 1738 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Joseph died 27 August 1794 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Joseph was the child of François BRUN and Madeleine DUPUIS.

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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