Theotiste-"Theresa"
HAMELIN dite BELOU
(b.
12 January 1816
,
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
d.
abt. 1870
,
Grand Bend, Huron, Ontario, Canada
)
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Theotiste-"Theresa" HAMELIN dite BELOU was born 12 January 1816 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Theotiste-"Theresa" HAMELIN dite BELOU was the child of Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU and Marguerite NAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU and Ursule BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR (maternal) Joseph NAULT and Marie-Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Theotiste-"Theresa" married André DESJARDINS abt. 1841 in Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
André DESJARDINS was born 6 October 1821 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville). André died 12 September 1900 in Grand Bend, Huron, Ontario Canada. André was the child of Pierre-Louis DESJARDINS and Angelique-Julia DESJARDINS.
Theotiste-"Theresa" HAMELIN dite BELOU died abt. 1870 in Grand Bend, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Theotiste-"Theresa" appear below.
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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