Brigitte-Dorothée
DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE
(b.
12 May 1734
,
La Pocatière, Canada, New France
d.
10 August 1793
,
La Pocatière, Lower Canada
)
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Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born 12 May 1734 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT (maternal) Charles BOUCHER and Marie-Anne OUELLETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Brigitte-Dorothée married Joseph BOURGELAS 27 November 1752 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph BOURGELAS was born 31 January 1731 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Joseph died 30 July 1788 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Joseph was the child of Pierre BOURGELAS and Dorothee BOUCHER.
Brigitte-Dorothée married (2) Joseph PELLETIER 16 June 1791 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . Joseph PELLETIER was born 22 November 1722 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 11 September 1812 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.
Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE died 10 August 1793 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Brigitte-Dorothée 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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