Marie-Françoise
SERRE dite ST-JEAN
(b.
5 March 1717
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
15 January 1791
,
Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 5 March 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN was the child of André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean BOILARD (BOISLARD) and Jeanne MARANDEAU (MARANDA)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Françoise married Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH 23 January 1736 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH was born abt. 1704 in Saint-Pierre-de-Cerizay, Poitiers, France. Mathurin died 16 August 1779 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine).
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN died 15 January 1791 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Françoise 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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