flag male ancestor  Louis-Michel  DESMARAIS dit MARET

  (b. 17 November 1684 Champlain, Canada, New France   d. 5 August 1729 La-Pérade, Canada, New France )  

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Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET was born 17 November 1684 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET was the child of Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET   and   Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Louis TETREAU (TETREAULT) and Marie-Noëlle-Nathalie LANDEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis-Michel  married  Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT 4 January 1712 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT  was born 3 July 1684 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles).  Françoise-Anne-Marie was the child of Étienne BENOIT dit LA JEUNESSE and Nicole CHANDOISEAU.

Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET died 5 August 1729 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France .

alternate birth and death places Trois-Rivieres, Quebec


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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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