Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE

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abt. 1755 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

13 May 1797 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Joseph DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE

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Born: abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE

Mother: Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE

Paternal grandparents: Michel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE , Marie-Anne-Jeanne MOREAU

Maternal grandparents: Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT , Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

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Alexandre married Modeste FOURNIER 27 September 1783 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Modeste FOURNIER was born abt. 1763 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Modeste died 4 February 1804 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Modeste was the child of Louis FOURNIER and Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE.

Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE died 13 May 1797 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE married

Modeste FOURNIER
Marriage date: 27 September 1783
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Modeste FOURNIER was the child of Louis FOURNIER and Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE

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Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE

Born: 29 June 1784, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1871, St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Modeste DUBE 21 August 1809 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Celeste DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

Born: 31 March 1794, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Died: 6 January 1832, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Francois-Bernard GAGNON 15 February 1814 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.