Joseph-Alex
ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT
(b.
abt. 1730
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
16 August 1784
,
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph-Alex ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born abt. 1730 in Québec Province, Canada
Joseph-Alex ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Alexandre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne CHOUINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT (maternal) Jacques CHOUINARD and Louise JEANSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Alex married Madeleine SAUCIER 7 February 1757 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine SAUCIER was born 11 September 1738 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Madeleine died 28 January 1808 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Pierre SAUCIER and Marie-Geneviève BERUBE.
Joseph-Alex ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 16 August 1784 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 changesFrom 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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