Michel BOURRÉ (BOURRET) dit L'ESPINE

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abt. 1681 , Québec Province, Canada

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16 July 1688 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1681 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Gilles BOURRÉ (BOURRET) dit L'ESPINE

Mother: Marie BELLEHACHE

Michel BOURRÉ (BOURRET) dit L'ESPINE died 16 July 1688 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France .
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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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Name: Michel Bourre Dit Lepine
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 16 Jul 1688
Death Place: Saint-Charles-De-Charlesbourg, Charlesbourg, Québec, Quebec
Age: 7
Birth Date: 1681
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Father's Name: Gilles Bourre Dit Lepine
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Mother's Name: Marie Bellehache
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04036-0
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film number: 1290316
Reference ID: 4

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch : accessed 24 May 2015), Michel Bourre Dit Lepine, 16 Jul 1688; citing Cemetery, Saint-Charles-De-Charlesbourg, Charlesbourg, Québec, Quebec, reference 4; FHL microfilm 1,290,316.