Madeleine BEAUPRÉ dite BONHOMME

(b. abt. 1765 , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 February 1819 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine BEAUPRÉ dite BONHOMME was born abt. 1765 in Québec Province, Canada

Madeleine BEAUPRÉ dite BONHOMME was the child of Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Geneviève MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noël BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ and Anne-Félicité HAMEL (maternal) Pierre MARTIN and Marie-Françoise LEBEL

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

Madeleine married Jean-Marie CHAMBERLAND 24 November 1788 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie CHAMBERLAND was born 28 April 1738 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Marie died 7 October 1811 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-Marie was the child of Simon CHAMBERLAND and Thérèse OUIMET.

Madeleine BEAUPRÉ dite BONHOMME died 6 February 1819 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
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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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