Madeleine
CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMP
(b.
16 January 1771
,
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
25 June 1809
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
)
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Madeleine CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMP was born 16 January 1771 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMP was the child of Jean-Baptiste CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMP and Therese-Getrude BAUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Jean CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMPS and Marie-Anne LEHOUX (maternal) Basile BAUCHER dit MORENCY and Marie-Josephe GUYONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Pierre SYLVESTRE 28 July 1800 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre SYLVESTRE was born 13 January 1775 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre died 17 June 1809 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Marie-Françoise MOREAU dite FRANCOEUR.
Madeleine CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMP died 25 June 1809 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Madeleine 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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