Celeste
LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR
(b.
5 May 1797
,
La Pocatière, Lower Canada
d.
23 March 1882
,
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada
)
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Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was born 5 May 1797 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was the child of Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Charlotte-Victoire BERUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne LECLERC and Marguerite-Elisabeth-Barb FOURNIER (maternal) Jean BERUBE and Marguerite GRONDINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Celeste married Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER 1 March 1813 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER was born 13 November 1789 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 27 January 1858 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre-Noel PELLETIER and Marthe CARON.
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR died 23 March 1882 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Celeste 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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