Alexis
TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS
(b.
14 April 1717
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
4 May 1789
,
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Alexis TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was born 14 April 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was the child of Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS and Catherine CHAREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE (maternal) Étienne CHAREST and Catherine BISSOTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis married Marie-Madeleine AUDET dite PIERCOT 1 September 1749 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine AUDET dite PIERCOT was born 29 July 1722 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Madeleine died 28 December 1767 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Louis AUDET dit PIERCOT and Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite DESRUISSEAUX.
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS died 4 May 1789 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
m. Audet Marie-Madeleine
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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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