Ursule MORIN dite BEAUSEJOUR

(b. abt. 1720 , Canada d. 9 August 1776 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Ursule MORIN dite BEAUSEJOUR was born abt. 1720 in Canada

Ursule MORIN dite BEAUSEJOUR was the child of Jacques MORIN dit BEAUSEJOUR and Marie-Charlotte JEANNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MORIN dit BOUCHER and Marie Madeleine MARTIN (maternal) Robert JEANNE and Françoise-Madeleine SAVARD

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

Ursule married Jean-Baptiste DUQUET 20 November 1737 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Jean-Baptiste DUQUET was born 1 May 1711 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Jean-Baptiste died 14 February 1789 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUQUET and Geneviève HALAY (HALLÉ).

Ursule MORIN dite BEAUSEJOUR died 9 August 1776 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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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