Pierre
ROUGEAU dit BERGER
(b.
14 May 1696
,
Varennes, Canada, New France
d.
19 April 1779
,
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Pierre ROUGEAU dit BERGER was born 14 May 1696 in Varennes, Canada, New France
Pierre ROUGEAU dit BERGER was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROUGEAU and Marie-Madeleine DAUDELIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas DAUDELIN and Anne GIRARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie Therese COLE 17 January 1718 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Therese COLE was born 9 May 1701 in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA . Marie Therese died 11 January 1761 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie Therese was the child of Joseph COLE and Sarah Catherine RANDALL.
Pierre ROUGEAU dit BERGER died 19 April 1779 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada .
m. Cole Marie-Therese
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.
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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