Abraham
BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS
(b.
16 February 1778
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
10 December 1846
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
)
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Abraham BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS was born 16 February 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Abraham BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS was the child of Jean-François BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Suzanne DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Simon BRADETTE dit LAFORGE and Marie-Genevieve CHARRON dite LAFERRIERE (maternal) Pierre DUCHESNE and Angélique LAVOIESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abraham married Josephte VANDAL 3 November 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte VANDAL was born 9 May 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Josephte died 28 August 1839 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of François VANDAL and Josephte FORTIN.
Abraham BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS died 10 December 1846 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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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