Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE

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abt. 1775 , Québec Province, Canada

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Charles GERBEAU (GERBAULT) dit BELLEGARDE Marie-Angélique DEMERS

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Born: abt. 1775 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Charles GERBEAU (GERBAULT) dit BELLEGARDE

Mother: Marie-Angélique DEMERS

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GERBEAU (GERBAULT) dit BELLEGARDE , Marie-Anne BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE

Maternal grandparents: Charles DEMERS , Angélique-Jeanne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE

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Charles married Marguerite DESROSIERS 31 January 1803 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DESROSIERS was born abt. 1783 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS and Madeleine BILLY dite ST-LOUIS.

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Recorded occupation: agriculteur

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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Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE married

Marguerite DESROSIERS
Marriage date: 31 January 1803
Marriage place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Marguerite DESROSIERS was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS and Madeleine BILLY dite ST-LOUIS

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Children of Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE and Marguerite DESROSIERS

Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE

Born: 2 November 1823, Louiseville, Lower Canada
Died: 8 May 1892, Shawinigan, Québec, Canada

Married: Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD 15 September 1846 Place: Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1803 Marriage / Partner
Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE and Marguerite DESROSIERS 31 January 1803, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)