Marie-Elisabeth
DUCHESNE dite MESSIER
(b.
8 January 1769
,
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 January 1818
,
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Elisabeth DUCHESNE dite MESSIER was born 8 January 1769 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Elisabeth DUCHESNE dite MESSIER was the child of Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE and Marie-Josephe PALARDY and the grandchild of: (paternal) René MESSIER and Suzanne LEFEBVRE dite BÉLISLE (maternal) Pierre-Charles PALARDY and Marie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Elisabeth married Marie-Joachim CHAGNON dit LAROSE 4 August 1784 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Joachim CHAGNON dit LAROSE was born 9 January 1767 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Joachim died 26 May 1827 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire). Marie-Joachim was the child of Pierre CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Judith-Angelique LUSSIER.
Marie-Elisabeth DUCHESNE dite MESSIER died 21 January 1818 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Elisabeth 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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