Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS

(b. 26 June 1761 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 16 August 1792 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS was born 26 June 1761 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada

Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS was the child of Jean-Marie-Francois BRADETTE and Marie-Victoire POITEVIN dite POTVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Simon BRADETTE dit LAFORGE and Marie-Genevieve CHARRON dite LAFERRIERE (maternal) Michel POITEVIN and Françoise TREMBLAY

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

Sauveur married Marie-Anne TREMBLAY 29 January 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Anne TREMBLAY was born abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 17 December 1831 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Scholastique-Pelagie GAGNON.

Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS died 16 August 1792 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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