Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

(b. abt. 1753 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 August 1845 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East )

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Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada

Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Veronique JEAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie GAGNON (maternal) François-Pierre JEAN and Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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Veronique married Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE 24 November 1778 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Marie died 20 July 1819 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Marie was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE.

Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 7 August 1845 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East.
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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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