Pierre DEVEAU dit JOLICOEUR

(b. abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Pierre DEVEAU dit JOLICOEUR was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre DEVEAU dit JOLICOEUR was the child of Pierre DEVEAU dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Louise LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude DEVEAU dit JOLICOEUR and Catherine QUINTIN dite DUBOIS (maternal) Pierre-Sulpice LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU) and Marie-Louise BOUSQUET

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

Pierre married Marie-Louise GILBERT dite COMTOIS 7 November 1785 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise GILBERT dite COMTOIS was born 5 November 1761 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Louise died 21 January 1848 in St-Thomas, Joliette, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Josephte-Anne PIETTE.

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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