Madeleine
TROTTIER dite BELCOURT
(b.
22 January 1741
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
d.
10 February 1805
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
)
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Madeleine TROTTIER dite BELCOURT was born 22 January 1741 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Madeleine TROTTIER dite BELCOURT was the child of François TROTTIER dit BELCOURT and Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Marie TROTTIER dit BELCOURT and Françoise MERCEREAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Joseph GRANDMONT 15 May 1759 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph GRANDMONT was born 10 December 1729 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Joseph died 23 April 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) and Marie-Renee LEFEBVRE.
Madeleine TROTTIER dite BELCOURT died 10 February 1805 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of 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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