Marie-Felicite
BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS
(b.
16 June 1771
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
4 September 1798
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Felicite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS was born 16 June 1771 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Felicite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS 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 TREMBLAYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Felicite married Joseph-Marie BOUCHARD 15 January 1788 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph-Marie BOUCHARD was born 30 August 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph-Marie died 13 October 1846 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon). Joseph-Marie was the child of François-Xavier BOUCHARD and Marie-Angelique DESBIENS.
Marie-Felicite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS died 4 September 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Felicite 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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