Antoine
MENARD dit BELLEROSE
(b.
6 March 1728
,
Boucherville, Canada, New France
d.
12 June 1798
,
Saint-Constant, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE was born 6 March 1728 in Boucherville, Canada, New France
Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE was the child of Louis MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Madeleine BRIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MENARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Elisabeth VALIQUET dite LAVERDURE (VALIQUETTE) (maternal) Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BOUVIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) 26 July 1751 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Françoise died 23 May 1777 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Françoise was the child of Étienne DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) dit DESTAILLIS and Catherine BISAILLON.
Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE died 12 June 1798 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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