Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS

(b. abt. 1749 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 September 1819 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS was born abt. 1749 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS was the child of François-Augustin GLADU dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Geneviève BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas GLADU dit COGNAC and Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (maternal) Charles BOUCHER and Marie HENAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married Joseph BROUSSEAU 30 July 1764 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BROUSSEAU was born 30 June 1730 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 29 March 1814 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph was the child of Jean-Louis BROUSSEAU and Felicite PROULX.

Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS died 16 September 1819 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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