Sophie
ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND
(b.
2 January 1806
,
Louiseville, Lower Canada
d.
18 June 1873
,
Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada
)
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Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND was born 2 January 1806 in Louiseville, Lower Canada
Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND was the child of Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND and Marguerite DESY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BERTRAND dit ST-ARNAUD and Marie-Josephte LEREAU (L'HERAULT) (maternal) Michel DESY and Marie-Etiennette RHEAULT dite ALEXANDRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Sophie married Alexis DECELLES 14 February 1831 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis DECELLES was born 9 January 1806 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Alexis died 22 October 1881 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Alexis was the child of Michel DECELLES and Angelique BRISSETTE.
Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND died 18 June 1873 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Sophie 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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