Joseph-Marie
ROY dit DESJARDINS
(b.
21 June 1764
,
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
26 February 1856
,
Kamouraska, Canada East
)
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Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 21 June 1764 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Rose LEBEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne-Bouchard DESERRE (maternal) Joseph LEBEL and Helene PARADISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Marie married Marie-Reine CHOUINARD 10 February 1792 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Reine CHOUINARD was born 13 February 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine died 3 September 1851 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Reine was the child of Jean-François CHOUINARD and Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT.
Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS died 26 February 1856 in Kamouraska, Canada East .
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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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