Catherine
PETIT dite MILHOMME
(b.
abt. 1708
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
5 March 1758
,
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France*
)
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Catherine PETIT dite MILHOMME was born abt. 1708 in Québec Province, Canada
Catherine PETIT dite MILHOMME was the child of Pierre PETIT dit MILHOMME and Marie-Catherine MASSÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PETIT and Jeanne MORINEAU (maternal) Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER and Marie-Catherine GUILLETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Catherine married Joseph-Pierre DESHAIES dit ST-CYR 28 April 1752 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Joseph-Pierre DESHAIES dit ST-CYR was born 14 March 1728 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Joseph-Pierre died 31 December 1809 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Joseph-Pierre was the child of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR and Josephte MOREAU.
Catherine PETIT dite MILHOMME died 5 March 1758 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* .
m. Deshaies Joseph-Pierre
Details of the family tree of Catherine 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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