Leonard PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR

(b. 16 November 1733 , France d. 12 November 1816 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Leonard PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR was born 16 November 1733 in France

Leonard PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR was the child of ? and ?

Leonard was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1757.

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

Leonard married Madeleine DELAGE dite LAFLEUR 7 November 1757 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DELAGE dite LAFLEUR was born 17 August 1736 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Madeleine died 16 April 1784 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Madeleine was the child of Pierre DELAGE dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine AUGER dite BARON.

Leonard married (2) Marie-Josephe QUEVILLON 14 June 1785 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe QUEVILLON was born 1 August 1739 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Josephe died 3 August 1805 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUEVILLON and Marie Anne GAUDIN.

Leonard PELLETIER dit BELLEFLEUR died 12 November 1816 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

son of Nicolas Pelletier and Analoile Moyne

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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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