Laurent
ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON
(b.
14 September 1761
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
d.
21 February 1763
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Laurent ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was born 14 September 1761 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
Laurent ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was the child of Joseph-Marie ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Madeleine THIVIERGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Louise CASSE (LACASSE) (maternal) Jean-François THIVIERGE and Angélique FONTAINELaurent ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON died 21 February 1763 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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1761 Birth 14 September 1761
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
1763 Death 21 February 1763
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 1.
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