Guillaume
GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE
(b.
12 May 1740
,
Laval, Canada, New France
d.
4 February 1810
,
Lachenaie, Lower Canada
)
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Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE was born 12 May 1740 in Laval, Canada, New France
Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE was the child of Athanase GRAVEL and Marie DOYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GRAVEL and Françoise GUYON (maternal) Antoine DOYON and Françoise CLOUTIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Guillaume married Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 22 August 1763 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born 28 October 1744 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Amable died 14 April 1832 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Amable was the child of Joseph-Cecile LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angelique NADON dite LETOURNEAU.
Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE died 4 February 1810 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .
m. Laporte Marie-Amable
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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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