Jean-Baptiste
CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR
(b.
8 September 1765
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
2 February 1807
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR was born 8 September 1765 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR was the child of Pierre CHAMPOUX and Marie-Madeleine CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ST-PÈRE dit CHAMPOUX and Marie-Anne BOURBEAU dite LACOURSE (maternal) Pierre CORMIER and Marguerite CYRSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Angélique HAMEL 7 March 1791 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique HAMEL was born 8 August 1765 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Angélique died 2 November 1815 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Angélique was the child of Antoine-Louis HAMEL and Marie-Angélique DUMONT.
Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR died 2 February 1807 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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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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