Madeleine
BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS
(b.
14 September 1796
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
d.
29 March 1876
,
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
)
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Madeleine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS was born 14 September 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Madeleine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS and Genevieve BELLEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Marie-Francois BRADETTE and Marie-Victoire POITEVIN dite POTVIN (maternal) René BELLEY and Marguerite MAGNANSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Michel-Benoni BLUTEAU 15 February 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel-Benoni BLUTEAU was born 21 September 1788 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Michel-Benoni was the child of Michel BLUTEAU and Emerentienne FILION.
Madeleine BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS died 29 March 1876 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Madeleine 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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