Louis-Etienne
GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE
(b.
25 August 1686
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
6 July 1740
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
)
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Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE was born 25 August 1686 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ and Catherine DAUBIGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) and Marguerite ROSEE (maternal) Julien DAUBIGEON and Jeanne-Perrine MEUNIER (LEMEUNIER)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis-Etienne married Anne-Jeanne TESSIER 27 May 1715 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Anne-Jeanne TESSIER was born 7 May 1692 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Anne-Jeanne died 3 January 1750 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Anne-Jeanne was the child of Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT).
Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE died 6 July 1740 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
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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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