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Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 27 July 1760 in Kamouraska, Canada . Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne MIGNAULT dite LABRIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD (maternal) Michel MIGNAULT dit LABRIE (MIGNEAULT) and Ursule SOUCY
m. Dionne Madeleine
m. Lambert Marguerite
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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? In the seventeenth century most of the world went to bed at nightfall because there was nothing else to do, and no easy or inexpensive artificial light. Candles were in use, to be sure, but a great ma
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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27 July 1760
Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)
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1760 Birth 27 July 1760
Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)
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