Gilles VINCENT dit DESMARAIS

Born

abt. 1694 , Plaisance, Terre-Neuve, Canada

Died

16 October 1755 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Gilles VINCENT dit DESMARETS Marguerite DURAND

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Born: abt. 1694 in Plaisance, Terre-Neuve, Canada

Father: Gilles VINCENT dit DESMARETS

Mother: Marguerite DURAND

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Gilles married Marie Anne MAISONNAT abt. 1723 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Anne MAISONNAT was born abt. 1707 in Acadia, Canada. Marie Anne died 19 April 1785 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada. Marie Anne was the child of Pierre-Baptiste MAISONNAT and Marguerite BOURGEOIS.

Gilles VINCENT dit DESMARAIS died 16 October 1755 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Gilles VINCENT dit DESMARAIS married

Marie Anne MAISONNAT
Marriage date: abt. 1723
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Marie Anne MAISONNAT was the child of Pierre-Baptiste MAISONNAT and Marguerite BOURGEOIS

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Anne Judith VINCENT dite DESMARAIS

Born: abt. 1724, , Canada
Died: 11 June 1751, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: René CARTIER DELASALLE 14 November 1746 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Reine VINCENT dite DESMARAIS

Born: abt. 1725, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph LEMIEUX 13 February 1747 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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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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