Jean-Baptiste
TESSIER dit MAJOR
(b.
13 November 1749
,
Sorel, Canada, New France
d.
16 January 1824
,
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit MAJOR was born 13 November 1749 in Sorel, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit MAJOR was the child of Pierre TESSIER and Marie-Catherine VACHER dite LACERTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie-Claire BERGERONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte HUS COURNOYER 30 September 1771 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Josephte HUS COURNOYER was born 4 December 1749 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles HUS COURNOYER and Madeleine DUVAL.
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit MAJOR died 16 January 1824 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .
death found in Drouin records for St-Nom-de-Marie and Ste-Marie-de-Monnoir
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste 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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