Pierre
PETIT dit CHARPENTIER
(b.
25 January 1719
,
Le Pelleren, Loire-Atlantique, France
d.
24 April 1806
,
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre PETIT dit CHARPENTIER was born 25 January 1719 in Le Pelleren, Loire-Atlantique, France
Pierre PETIT dit CHARPENTIER was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Madeleine BILLY dite COURVILLE 17 August 1761 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BILLY dite COURVILLE was born 8 April 1724 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Madeleine died 28 March 1808 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Michel BILLY dit COURVILLE and Marguerite-Renee BREARD.
Pierre PETIT dit CHARPENTIER died 24 April 1806 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada.
son of Martin Petit and Angelique Michaud
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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