Louis
GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE
(b.
25 May 1686
,
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
d.
26 July 1754
,
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
)
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Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE was born 25 May 1686 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE was the child of Louis GAGNÉ and Louise PICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) and Marguerite ROSEE (maternal) Jean PICARD and Marie CARONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Marie-Therese LESSARD 1 August 1714 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Therese LESSARD was born 19 September 1692 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Therese died 31 December 1750 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Therese was the child of Pierre LESSARD and Barbe FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE.
Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE died 26 July 1754 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France .
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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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