Jean-Baptiste
BRIEN dit DESROCHERS
(b.
17 October 1771
,
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
11 October 1802
,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS was born 17 October 1771 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Françoise BOUVIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne-Josephte VAUDRY (maternal) Michel BOUVIER and Catherine EMERY dite CODERRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève HUOT 19 October 1795 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève HUOT was born 20 September 1773 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Geneviève died 20 May 1810 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Geneviève was the child of Louis HUOT and Marie-Thérèse PARADIS.
Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS died 11 October 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .
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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