Michel DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE

(b. abt. 1758 , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 November 1838 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )

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Michel DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada

Michel DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Veronique JEAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie GAGNON (maternal) François-Pierre JEAN and Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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

Michel married Marie-Françoise CHARTIER 19 November 1793 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise CHARTIER was born 15 July 1775 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Françoise died 5 September 1830 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Marie-Françoise was the child of Jacques CHARTIER and Françoise LABBE.

Michel DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE died 13 November 1838 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada .
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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.

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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