Maurice-Jacques
DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE
(b.
abt. 1728
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
27 April 1780
,
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Maurice-Jacques DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada
Maurice-Jacques DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT (maternal) Charles BOUCHER and Marie-Anne OUELLETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Maurice-Jacques married Marie-Josephte OUELLET 7 September 1761 in Kamouraska, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte OUELLET was born 28 November 1741 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephte died 12 October 1811 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephte was the child of Augustin OUELLET and Angelique LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE.
Maurice-Jacques DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE died 27 April 1780 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Maurice-Jacques 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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