Marie-Madeleine
TROTTIER dite BELCOURT
(b.
26 October 1708
,
Batiscan, Canada, New France
d.
15 May 1765
,
La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER dite BELCOURT was born 26 October 1708 in Batiscan, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER dite BELCOURT was the child of François-Marie TROTTIER dit BELCOURT and Marie-Anne GOUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE (maternal) Mathurin GOUIN and Madeleine VIEN (VIENS)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste TOUTANT 18 May 1733 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jean-Baptiste TOUTANT was born 9 February 1699 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Jean-Baptiste died 11 April 1776 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Nicolas TOUTANT and Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL).
Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER dite BELCOURT died 15 May 1765 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Madeleine 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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