Pierre
HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS
(b.
4 September 1801
,
Châteauguay, Lower Canada
d.
23 October 1861
,
Saint-Timothée, Canada East
)
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Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 4 September 1801 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was the child of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Josephte GENDRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Catherine-Marie LEFEBVRE (maternal) Pierre GENDRON and Marie-Desanges RUFIANGE dite LAVIOLETTESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Suzanne MONTPETIT 29 October 1827 in St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne MONTPETIT was born 3 August 1809 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal). Suzanne died 30 June 1893 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois). Suzanne was the child of Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN and Euphronsine LEDUC.
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS died 23 October 1861 in Saint-Timothée, 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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