Pierre
HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS
(b.
3 July 1768
,
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
26 January 1855
,
Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 3 July 1768 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was the child of Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Catherine-Marie LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Marie-Anne GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE (maternal) Noël LEFEBVRE dit LACISERAYE and Marie-Anne GERVAISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Josephte GENDRON 17 November 1800 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte GENDRON was born 30 August 1778 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Josephte died 14 April 1855 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois). Josephte was the child of Pierre GENDRON and Marie-Desanges RUFIANGE dite LAVIOLETTE.
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS died 26 January 1855 in Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada .
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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