flag female ancestor  Marie-Louise  BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS

  (b. 14 April 1737 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France   d. 15 January 1821 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )  

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Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS was born 14 April 1737 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS was the child of Louis CHEVREFILS   and   Marie-Anne MESSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE) (maternal)  René MESSIER and Catherine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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

Marie-Louise  married  Joseph FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE 10 February 1755 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Joseph FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE  was born 26 December 1724 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Joseph died 21 February 1788 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON.

Marie-Louise  married  (2) Joseph BONNEVILLE dit BELLEFLEUR 16 February 1795 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .  Joseph BONNEVILLE dit BELLEFLEUR  was born 2 November 1734 in France.  Joseph died 12 June 1816 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). 

Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS died 15 January 1821 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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