Celeste LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

(b. abt. 1734 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 April 1812 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Celeste LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada

Celeste LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was the child of Jean LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marguerite MILLOT (MILOT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie BÉNARD (maternal) Charles MILLOT (MILOT) and Marie POTHIER

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Celeste married Pierre ROY dit LA PENSÉE 7 February 1757 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ROY dit LA PENSÉE was born abt. 1716 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 11 October 1767 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Pierre was the child of François ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Catherine PLUMEREAU.

Celeste LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS died 15 April 1812 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada .
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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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