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Joseph WATSON dit ROBERT was born abt. 1680
Joseph WATSON dit ROBERT was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Madeleine DEMERS 15 November 1711 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine DEMERS was born 14 October 1694 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Madeleine died 13 June 1715 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Charles DEMERS and Elisabeth PAPIN dite MERCADIER.
Joseph married (2) Angélique BÉNARD dite CARIGNAN 11 April 1717 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique BÉNARD dite CARIGNAN was born 17 June 1696 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Angélique died 27 November 1721 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Angélique was the child of Joseph BÉNARD dit CARIGNAN and Marguerite FAYE dite LAFAYETTE.
Joseph WATSON dit ROBERT died 13 July 1749 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Jean Robert Watson and Anne Austin
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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