Paul
DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS)
(b.
26 May 1656
,
Saint-Laurent, Paris, France
d.
28 August 1742
,
Verchères, Canada, New France
)
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Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) was born 26 May 1656 in Saint-Laurent, Paris, France
Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) was the child of ? and ?Paul was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1676.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Paul married Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) 14 October 1681 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) was born 7 March 1664 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Thérèse died 12 July 1754 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse was the child of Louis TETREAU (TETREAULT) and Marie-Noëlle-Nathalie LANDEAU.
Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) died 28 August 1742 in Verchères, Canada, New France .
son of Jacques Desmarais and Marie-Marthe Laporte
Details of the family tree of Paul 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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