Alexandre
GAGNON dit BELIZLE
(b.
10 June 1766
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
15 December 1840
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
)
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Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE was born 10 June 1766 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marie-Angelique LEBEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) Nicolas LEBEL and Marie-Françoise MIGNEAULT (MIGNAULT)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexandre married Charlotte PLOURDE 28 July 1794 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte PLOURDE was born 24 July 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Charlotte died 8 July 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Charlotte was the child of Denis PLOURDE and Marie-Claudette-Charlotte OUELLET.
Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE died 15 December 1840 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Alexandre 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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