Jean
PETIT dit LE VENT
Born
abt. 1730
,
Saint-Julien en Laire, Dauphiné, France
Died
abt. 1776
,
Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada
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Jean PETIT dit LE VENT was born abt. 1730 in Saint-Julien en Laire, Dauphiné, France
Jean PETIT dit LE VENT
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Jean married Marie CARESTE 2 October 1752 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie CARESTE was born abt. 1730 in Ustaritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Marie died December 1810 in Islet au Flacon, Bic, Canada.
Jean PETIT dit LE VENT died abt. 1776 in Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada .
son of Joseph Petit and Jeanne Dumas
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Jean PETIT dit LE VENT was a Soldat, cie. de Cabanach, Marchand et Cultivateur de l'Île-Verte.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca
Jean PETIT dit LE VENT was a Soldat, cie. de Cabanach, Marchand et Cultivateur de l'Île-Verte.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca
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)
Family and Children of Jean PETIT dit LE VENT
Jean PETIT dit LE VENT married 
Marie CARESTE-- Date: 2 October 1752 Place: Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie
Marie CARESTE-- Date: 2 October 1752 Place: Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie Children of Jean PETIT dit LE VENT and Marie CARESTE
Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT (b.27 February 1754, Village Rouillé, Île Royale, Acadie d. 14 May 1840, Rimouski, Lower Canada )m. Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER 1775 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Marie Archange PETIT (b.abt. 1757, , Canada d. 10 May 1844, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East )m. Noel-Gregoire DUBE 9 May 1799 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
Antoine PETIT (b.21 November 1762, Québec, Canada d. 14 March 1842, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East )m. Genevieve DANGEUGER 21 January 1788 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
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1752 Marriage / PartnerJean PETIT dit LE VENT and Marie CARESTE 2 October 1752, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Breton Island)
1754 Birth of ChildMarie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT was born 27 February 1754, Village Rouillé, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Breton Island)
1762 Birth of ChildAntoine PETIT was born 21 November 1762, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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