Andre
GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE
(b.
23 March 1795
,
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
d.
8 January 1883
,
Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
)
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Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE was born 23 March 1795 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE was the child of Alexis GAGNÉ and Madeleine PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine BOUCHER (maternal) François PELLETIER and Geneviève MORNEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Andre married Scholastique OUELLET 24 February 1824 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique OUELLET was born 3 December 1795 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Scholastique died 5 March 1877 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Scholastique was the child of Louis-Henry OUELLET and Marie-Louise PELLETIER.
Andre GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE died 8 January 1883 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Andre 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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