Joseph BEAUTRON dit MAJOR

(b. 30 December 1733 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Joseph BEAUTRON dit MAJOR was born 30 December 1733 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph BEAUTRON dit MAJOR was the child of Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR and Marie-Anne GROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR and Angélique PROTEAU (maternal) Pierre GROULX and Marie-Gabrielle CHERLOT

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

Joseph married Marie-Genevieve BARSALOU 2 August 1751 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Genevieve BARSALOU was born 14 August 1731 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Genevieve died 3 January 1815 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Genevieve was the child of Jean-Joseph-Gerard BARSALOU and Genevieve JARRY dite HENRICHON.

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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