Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

(b. abt. 1713 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 June 1776 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born abt. 1713 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT (maternal) Jean GAGNON and Jeanne LOIGNON

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Pierre married Catherine SOULARD 14 February 1752 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine SOULARD was born 11 July 1734 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Catherine died 10 March 1800 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Jacques-Sebastien SOULARD and Maire-Josephte GOSSELIN.

Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 22 June 1776 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, 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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Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT married

Catherine SOULARD-- Date: 14 February 1752 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France
Catherine SOULARD was the child of Jacques-Sebastien SOULARD and Maire-Josephte GOSSELIN

Children of Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Catherine SOULARD:

Marie-Victoire ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT (b.10 August 1768, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 November 1808, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Simon TALBOT dit GERVAIS 31 January 1791 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1752 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Catherine SOULARD 14 February 1752, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 10 August 1768, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.