Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL

(b. abt. 1764 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Pierre QUATREFAGE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Françoise BANLIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre BANLIER and Françoise CHOQUET

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married Francois DAUMAIS dit LAVIOLETTE 16 September 1785 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois DAUMAIS dit LAVIOLETTE was born 15 October 1763 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Francois died 2 May 1838 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ).

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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