Joseph MERCIER dit SANSREGRET

(b. abt. 1729 , France d. 29 June 1779 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph MERCIER dit SANSREGRET was born abt. 1729 in France

Joseph MERCIER dit SANSREGRET was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN dite ST-AMOUR 10 November 1766 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN dite ST-AMOUR was born 6 August 1749 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Josephe died 26 September 1828 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph CHRISTIN and Elizabeth MAGUET (MAILLE).

Joseph MERCIER dit SANSREGRET died 29 June 1779 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada.

son of Jean Mercier and Claudine Boisseau

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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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