Pierre HUFAULT (BOUFFEAU dit DUFAULT)

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20 March 1819 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOUFFEAU dit DUFAULT Marie-Louise-Desanges SAVARY

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Born: 20 March 1819 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph BOUFFEAU dit DUFAULT

Mother: Marie-Louise-Desanges SAVARY

Maternal grandparents: Francois-Boniface SAVARY , Marie-Amable PARENT

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Pierre married Victoire POIRIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire POIRIER was born 20 September 1820 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Victoire died 12 March 1909 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Victoire was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Madeleine HUS MILET (MILLET).

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 HUFAULT (BOUFFEAU dit DUFAULT) married

Victoire POIRIER
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Victoire POIRIER was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Madeleine HUS MILET (MILLET)

Children of Pierre HUFAULT (BOUFFEAU dit DUFAULT) and Victoire POIRIER

David HUFAULT

Born: 20 August 1861, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Died: abt. 1935, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Exilda LAVIOLETTE 14 February 1882 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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