Marie Anne
PETIT dite LE VENT
(b.
27 February 1754
,
Village Rouillé, Île Royale, Acadie
d.
14 May 1840
,
Rimouski, Lower Canada
)
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Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT was born 27 February 1754 in Village Rouillé, Île Royale, Acadie
Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT was the child of Jean PETIT dit LE VENT and Marie CARESTESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie Anne married Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER abt. 1775 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER was born abt. 1745 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Sebastien "Bastien" died 14 April 1821 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Sebastien "Bastien" was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Josephte SAVOIE.
Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT died 14 May 1840 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie 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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