Pierre BONIN dit STE-MARIE

(b. abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 April 1815 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BONIN dit STE-MARIE was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre BONIN dit STE-MARIE was the child of Pierre BONIN and Madeleine LAPORTE dite LABONTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas BONIN dit ST-MARTIN and Marie-Elisabeth EMERY (maternal) Jacques LAPORTE dit LABONTÉ and Madeleine PAVIOT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Madeleine VAUDRY 29 January 1759 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine VAUDRY was born 29 September 1738 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Madeleine died 26 January 1819 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Madeleine was the child of Pierre VAUDRY and Andrienne BOESME (BOISMIER).

Pierre married (2) Marie-Jeanne JOLY dite DELBEC 22 February 1762 in Lanoraie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Jeanne JOLY dite DELBEC was born 26 May 1743 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Jeanne died 23 December 1804 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY dit DELBEC and Therese BLET dite GAZAILLE.

Pierre BONIN dit STE-MARIE died 2 April 1815 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .
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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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