Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

(b. 11 May 1762 , Champlain, Canada d. 25 March 1808 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE was born 11 May 1762 in Champlain, Canada

Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE was the child of François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE and Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Josephte DUBOIS (maternal) Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY and Jeanne PROVENCHER

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Joseph married Marguerite MOREAU 20 January 1783 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite MOREAU was born 20 December 1761 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marguerite died 10 September 1799 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marguerite was the child of Michel-Amable MOREAU and Marguerite-Amable FAFARD.

Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE died 25 March 1808 in Sorel, Lower 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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