Pierre
POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE
(b.
22 January 1778
,
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 April 1845
,
Saint-Césaire, Canada East
)
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Pierre POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE was born 22 January 1778 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE and Marie-Anne DESROCHES and the grandchild of: (paternal) André POUTRE (POUDRETTE) dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Dorothee ÉTHIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DESROCHES and Marie-Catherine BRICAULT dite LAMARCHESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Charlotte BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS 10 August 1801 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Charlotte BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS was born 27 March 1783 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Charlotte died 5 March 1867 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Charlotte was the child of François-Simon BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Charlotte-Genevieve DEJORDY dite DESILETS.
Pierre POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE died 21 April 1845 in Saint-Césaire, Canada East .
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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