Andre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS

(b. 3 May 1761 , La Prairie, Canada d. 19 October 1794 , Chambly, Lower Canada )

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Andre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS was born 3 May 1761 in La Prairie, Canada

Andre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS was the child of Pierre DUQUET and Marie-Louise LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DUQUET dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Françoise DENEAU (DENIAU) dite DESTAILLIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LAROCHE and Marie-Suzanne TURPIN

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Andre married Marie-Cecile LEDOUX 10 February 1783 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Cecile LEDOUX was born 29 July 1761 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Cecile died 6 August 1789 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Cecile was the child of Michel LEDOUX and Marie-Marguerite RICHARD.

Andre married (2) Marie-Louise OLIGNY dite LAUVERGNAT 17 August 1790 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise OLIGNY dite LAUVERGNAT was born 9 August 1771 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Louise died 6 January 1850 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste OLIGNY and Françoise MOITIE.

Andre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS died 19 October 1794 in Chambly, Lower Canada .

m. Ledoux Marie-Cecile
m. Oligny Marie-Louise

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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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