Pierre
MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR
(b.
abt. 1664
,
Bordeaux, France
d.
6 November 1709
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR was born abt. 1664 in Bordeaux, France
Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR was the child of ? and ?Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1697.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Elisabeth RICHAUME 16 August 1697 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth RICHAUME was born 31 August 1666 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth died 4 April 1703 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth was the child of Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS and Marthe-Marie ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT).
Pierre married (2) Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE 29 November 1705 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE was born 10 February 1687 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Françoise-Angélique was the child of Louis MÉLINE and Anne-Marie MASSARD.
Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR died 6 November 1709 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Jean Moreau and Catherine Bouret
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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