Joseph
GAGNON dit BELIZLE
(b.
2 June 1816
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
d.
9 May 1894
,
Québec, Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE was born 2 June 1816 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE was the child of Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE and Charlotte PLOURDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Marie-Angelique LEBEL (maternal) Denis PLOURDE and Marie-Claudette-Charlotte OUELLETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE 15 September 1840 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE was born 18 December 1820 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Julie-Monique was the child of Louis-Charles HIANVEU dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Angelique-Emilie MCDONALD.
Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE died 9 May 1894 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
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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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