Marie-Josephe RIEL dite L'IRLANDE

(b. abt. 1756 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 June 1787 , Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe RIEL dite L'IRLANDE was born abt. 1756 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Josephe RIEL dite L'IRLANDE was the child of Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Anne-Aimee DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Louise COUTU (COTTU) (maternal) Charles DELGUEL dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Anne JANOT dite BELHUMEUR

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

Marie-Josephe married Jean-Baptiste LABOSSIÈRE 28 September 1772 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste LABOSSIÈRE was born 31 December 1748 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Jean-Baptiste died 28 December 1828 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE and Angélique GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN.

Marie-Josephe RIEL dite L'IRLANDE died 26 June 1787 in Contrecœur, 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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