Marie-Genevieve
BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE
(b.
8 June 1765
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
7 March 1807
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE was born 8 June 1765 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE was the child of Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT (maternal) Richard Jacques RICHARD dit PRAY and Louise POTHIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Genevieve married Francois DUBOIS 8 August 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois DUBOIS was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Francois died 10 May 1833 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Francois was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Clément DUBOIS and Josephte BOURBEAU.
Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE died 7 March 1807 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Genevieve 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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