Georges-Grégoire
ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT
(b.
19 February 1815
,
La Pocatière, Lower Canada
d.
30 December 1874
,
Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 19 February 1815 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Joseph ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Julie LÉVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Raphaël ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Madeleine-Catherine LANCOGNARD dite SANTERRE (maternal) Benoit LEVESQUE and Marie BRUNSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Georges-Grégoire married Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT 23 November 1842 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT was born 6 August 1822 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Clotilde died 20 December 1882 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Clotilde was the child of Jean Léon HACHÉ dit GALLANT and Marguerite Sophie LÉGER.
Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 30 December 1874 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, 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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