Joseph
CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE
(b.
13 April 1771
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
10 March 1860
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
)
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Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE was born 13 April 1771 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE was the child of Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MESSIER (maternal) François BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Thérèse MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS 18 November 1794 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Thérèse MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS was born 13 October 1773 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Thérèse died 29 June 1848 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Louis MANSEAU and Josephte PROVENCHER.
Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE died 10 March 1860 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East .
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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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