Marie-Françoise TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN

(b. 16 January 1707 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 22 June 1759 , Deschambault, Canada, New France )

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Marie-Françoise TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN was born 16 January 1707 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN was the child of Michel-Louis TROTTIER dit BEAUBIEN and Agnes GODEFROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE (maternal) Michel GODEFROY dit LINCTOT and Perrine PICOTÉ dite BELESTRE

Marie-Françoise TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN died 22 June 1759 in Deschambault, Canada, New France .
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Marie-Françoise TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN was a nun - Ursulines de Trois-Rivières.

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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