Charlotte DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

(b. abt. 1800 , L'Islet, Lower Canada d. 21 March 1842 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East )

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Charlotte DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born abt. 1800 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Charlotte DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Michel DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Françoise CHARTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Veronique JEAN (maternal) Jacques CHARTIER and Françoise LABBE

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

Charlotte married Germain CHOUINARD 25 May 1818 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Germain CHOUINARD was born 23 August 1797 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Germain died 29 May 1860 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Germain was the child of Jean-Marie CHOUINARD and Claire LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR.

Charlotte DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE died 21 March 1842 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East.
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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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