René
BENARD dit BOURJOLI
(b.
6 February 1625
,
St-Pierre-de-Villiers-au-Bouin, France
d.
abt. 1685
,
Québec Province, Canada
)
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René BENARD dit BOURJOLI was born 6 February 1625 in St-Pierre-de-Villiers-au-Bouin, France
René BENARD dit BOURJOLI was the child of ? and ?René was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1661.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
René married Marie SEDILOT 2 February 1661 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie SEDILOT was born abt. 1627 in France. Marie died 12 June 1689 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie was the child of Louis SEDILOT and Marie CHALLE.
René BENARD dit BOURJOLI died abt. 1685 in Québec Province, Canada.
son of Jean Benard and Madeleine Maillard
Details of the family tree of René 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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