Louis DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE

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abt. 1758 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

28 March 1809 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT Veronique JEAN

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Born: abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Mother: Veronique JEAN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ST-PIERRE , Marie GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: François-Pierre JEAN , Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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Louis married Therese DUVAL 30 July 1781 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese DUVAL was born 25 August 1763 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Therese died 21 June 1789 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Therese was the child of Francois DUVAL and Genevieve GAGNON.

Louis married (2) Geneviève LABBE 16 January 1792 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève LABBE was born 30 November 1770 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 23 March 1813 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Charles-François LABBE and Madeleine DRUGEOT.

Louis DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE died 28 March 1809 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada.
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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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Louis DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE married

Therese DUVAL
Marriage date: 30 July 1781
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese DUVAL was the child of Francois DUVAL and Genevieve GAGNON

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Therese ST-PIERRE

Born: 18 February 1787, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 16 July 1834, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Married: Raphael DUBE 26 August 1805 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Louis DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE married

Geneviève LABBE
Marriage date: 16 January 1792
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Geneviève LABBE was the child of Charles-François LABBE and Madeleine DRUGEOT

Children of Louis DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Geneviève LABBE

Olive ST-PIERRE

Born: 6 March 1804, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Died: 29 September 1847, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

Married: Isaac CLOUTIER 27 January 1824 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.