Marguerite
ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT
(b.
14 August 1769
,
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
8 February 1856
,
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East
)
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Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 14 August 1769 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Xainte-Marie-Louis ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angélique COUTURIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER (maternal) Pierre COUTURIER and Angélique-Desanges CARONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Jean-Marie CASTONGUAY 14 January 1788 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Marie CASTONGUAY was born 16 November 1734 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie died 3 November 1812 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie was the child of Pierre GUAY (CASTONGUAY) and Angélique MORIN.
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 8 February 1856 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East.
Details of the family tree of Marguerite 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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