Michel
GERMAIN dit BELISLE
(b.
21 August 1831
,
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
d.
21 December 1910
,
Penetaguishene, Ontario, Canada
)
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Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE was born 21 August 1831 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE was the child of Joseph GERMAIN dit BELISLE and Josephte ROBERGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GERMAIN dit BELISLE and Charlotte PROVOST (PREVOST) (maternal) Louis-Prisque ROBERGE and Josephte HAMELSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES abt. 1862 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born abt. 1841 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 28 September 1895 in Penetanguishene, Simcoe County East, Ontario, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Rose DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.
Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE died 21 December 1910 in Penetaguishene, Ontario, Canada.
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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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