Marie-Anne
GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE
(b.
20 March 1722
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
7 June 1798
,
Châteauguay, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE was born 20 March 1722 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAGNÉ and Catherine DAUBIGEON (maternal) Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Anne married Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE 27 November 1747 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE was born 22 August 1717 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Pierre died 6 June 1777 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Pierre was the child of Alexandre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Jeanne PRIMEAU.
Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE died 7 June 1798 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Anne 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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