Catherine LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN

Born

2 January 1766 , Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 June 1806 , Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada

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Basile LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN Marie-Amable LACASSE

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Born: 2 January 1766 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Basile LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN

Mother: Marie-Amable LACASSE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN , Marie-Françoise EMERY dite CODERRE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine CASSE (LACASSE) , Marie-Angélique ARCHAMBAULT

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Catherine married Pierre BEIGNET 17 November 1788 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre BEIGNET was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 28 November 1819 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre BEIGNET (BESNIER) and Marie Anne FOREST.

Catherine LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN died 13 June 1806 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada.

m. Beignet Pierre

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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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Catherine LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN married

Pierre BEIGNET
Marriage date: 17 November 1788
Marriage place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre BEIGNET was the child of Pierre BEIGNET (BESNIER) and Marie Anne FOREST

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Birth — 1766
2 January 1766
Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

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