Jean-Baptiste
REGNIER dit BRION
(b.
15 January 1726
,
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
d.
26 June 1794
,
Chambly, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste REGNIER dit BRION was born 15 January 1726 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Jean-Baptiste REGNIER dit BRION was the child of Jean REGNIER and Marie-Françoise MONET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Antoine MONET and Françoise HURTAULTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Therese DESROCHES 24 November 1755 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese DESROCHES was born 26 January 1727 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Therese died 23 May 1764 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROCHES and Marie-Catherine BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE.
Jean-Baptiste REGNIER dit BRION died 26 June 1794 in Chambly, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.
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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