Marie EDELINE dite DELISLE

(b. 4 July 1754 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1834 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )

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Marie EDELINE dite DELISLE was born 4 July 1754 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Marie EDELINE dite DELISLE was the child of Pierre ÉDELINE and Catherine COUILLARD dite LAROCQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ÉDELINE and Louise-Catherine PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Anne-Jeanne CÉLÉRIER dite DESLAURIERS

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Marie married Claude BERLOIN dit NANTEL 28 October 1775 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . Claude BERLOIN dit NANTEL was born 19 December 1751 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Claude was the child of Joseph BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Marie-Suzanne ÉTHIER.

Marie EDELINE dite DELISLE died 12 June 1834 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower 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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