Pierre MARS dit SAUMURE

(b. 9 February 1739 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 8 March 1810 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada )

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Pierre MARS dit SAUMURE was born 9 February 1739 in Laval, Canada, New France

Pierre MARS dit SAUMURE was the child of Marc SAUMURE (SEMEUR) dit LABONTE and Catherine DRAPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Marc SAUMURE (SEMEUR) and Marie-Jeanne MORIER (maternal) Jean DRAPEAU dit LAFORGE and Madeleine-Françoise PILET

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Pierre married Maie-Louise AUCLAIR 31 January 1763 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Maie-Louise AUCLAIR was born 29 December 1741 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Maie-Louise died 24 February 1789 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Maie-Louise was the child of Joseph-François AUCLAIR and Marie-Louise RENAUD.

Pierre MARS dit SAUMURE died 8 March 1810 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, 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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