Pierre-Christophe LEBEQUE dit LESPERANCE

(b. abt. 1737 , France d. 14 August 1783 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Christophe LEBEQUE dit LESPERANCE was born abt. 1737 in France

Pierre-Christophe LEBEQUE dit LESPERANCE was the child of ? and ?

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Pierre-Christophe married Marie-Barbe SOULIÈRES 26 January 1761 in L'Assomption, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Barbe SOULIÈRES was born 12 July 1731 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Barbe died 22 February 1806 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Barbe was the child of Jean SOULIÈRE TRANCHEMONTAGNE SUSTIER and Marie-Louise LESAGE.

Pierre-Christophe LEBEQUE dit LESPERANCE died 14 August 1783 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada .

son of Pierre Lebeque and Marie Lorion

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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