Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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abt. 1753 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

7 August 1845 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

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Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT Veronique JEAN

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Born: abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Mother: Veronique JEAN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ST-PIERRE , Marie GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: François-Pierre JEAN , 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. Joseph-Marie died 20 July 1819 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower 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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Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married

Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE
Marriage date: 24 November 1778
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE

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Marie-Veronique DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 June 1873, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Married: François-Marcel BERNIER 17 November 1795 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE 24 November 1778, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage of Child
Marie-Veronique DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE married 17 November 1795, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada to François-Marcel BERNIER

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.