Catherine TROTTIER dite DESAULNIERS

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23 October 1727 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS Marguerite CHERON

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Born: 23 October 1727 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS

Mother: Marguerite CHERON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS , Catherine CHAREST

Maternal grandparents: Martin CHERON , Anne THIBIERGE (THIVIERGE)

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Catherine married Etienne CHAREST 22 October 1742 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . Etienne CHAREST was born 16 February 1718 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Etienne died 6 August 1783 in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Canada. Etienne was the child of Etienne CHAREST and Thérèse DUROY.

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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Etienne CHAREST
Marriage date: 22 October 1742
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Etienne CHAREST was the child of Etienne CHAREST and Thérèse DUROY

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Birth — 1727
23 October 1727
Québec, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Catherine TROTTIER dite DESAULNIERS and Etienne CHAREST 22 October 1742, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 15 years old.

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