Pierre COUTURIER dit BOURGUIGNON

(b. abt. 1681 , France d. 8 January 1715 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

Am I Your Ancestor?
COUTURIER dit BOURGUIGNON Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Pierre COUTURIER dit BOURGUIGNON was born abt. 1681 in France

Pierre COUTURIER dit BOURGUIGNON was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marguerite PAYETTE dite ST-AMOUR 11 January 1700 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite PAYETTE dite ST-AMOUR was born 21 April 1681 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marguerite died 18 May 1728 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Pierre PAYETTE dit ST-AMOUR and Louise TESSIER.

Pierre COUTURIER dit BOURGUIGNON died 8 January 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Michel Couturier and Marie Ceuillier

Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.

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)

Find out more about Pierre COUTURIER dit BOURGUIGNON.