Pierre
MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS
(b.
abt. 1632
,
France
d.
11 June 1699
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS was born abt. 1632 in France
Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS was the child of ? and ?Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1661.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Anne DELAUNAY (DE LAUNAY) 23 October 1661 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Anne DELAUNAY (DE LAUNAY) was born 10 July 1635 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Anne died 12 December 1700 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Anne was the child of Louis DELAUNAY and Marguerite CAZALEDE (CASSALETTE).
Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS died 11 June 1699 in Québec, Canada, New France .
son of Jacques Mailloux and Suzanne Arnaud
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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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