Jean Baptiste BRILLANT dit BEAULIEU

Born

abt. 1730 , Bretagne, France

Died

2 March 1789 , Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

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Born: abt. 1730 in Bretagne, France

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Jean Baptiste married Francoise Itagisse CHRETIENNE 6 July 1752 in Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise Itagisse CHRETIENNE was born abt. 1730 in Canada. Francoise Itagisse died 22 August 1781 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan). Francoise Itagisse was the child of Ottawa ITAGISSE and Ojibwa CHRETIENNE.

Jean Baptiste BRILLANT dit BEAULIEU died 2 March 1789 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
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Jean Baptiste BRILLANT dit BEAULIEU married

Francoise Itagisse CHRETIENNE
Marriage date: 6 July 1752
Marriage place: Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Francoise Itagisse CHRETIENNE was the child of Ottawa ITAGISSE and Ojibwa CHRETIENNE

Children of Jean Baptiste BRILLANT dit BEAULIEU and Francoise Itagisse CHRETIENNE

Catherine BRILLANT dite BEAULIEU

Born: 28 April 1753, Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Married: Antoine MESNY 9 July 1770 Place: Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

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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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Jean Baptiste BRILLANT dit BEAULIEU and Francoise Itagisse CHRETIENNE 6 July 1752, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA (Fort Michilimackinac)