Marie-Agathe
ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE
(b.
23 September 1747
,
L'Assomption, Canada, New France
d.
27 May 1817
,
La Présentation, Lower Canada
)
Age: 70
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Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE was born 23 September 1747 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE was the child of Joseph LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Madeleine MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Françoise EMERY dite CODERRE (maternal) Pierre MORIN and Marie-Madeleine L'ESPINAY (LEPINE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Agathe married Benoit DESMARAIS 28 January 1771 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Benoit DESMARAIS was born 9 February 1744 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Benoit died 19 March 1816 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Benoit was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET.
Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE died 27 May 1817 in La Présentation, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Agathe 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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