Laurent
DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY
(b.
28 December 1745
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
d.
21 March 1811
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
)
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Laurent DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY was born 28 December 1745 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Laurent DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY was the child of Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY and Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR and Marguerite GUILLET (maternal) Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) dit TURBAL and Marguerite-Thérèse BOURBEAULaurent had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Laurent married Anne Marie PRINCE (LEPRINCE) 9 January 1769 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Anne Marie PRINCE (LEPRINCE) was born 18 December 1750 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne Marie died 16 June 1795 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Anne Marie was the child of Pierre LEPRINCE and Félicité BOURGEOIS.
Laurent DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY died 21 March 1811 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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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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