Marguerite
ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT
(b.
3 February 1832
,
Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada
d.
26 April 1875
,
Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Canada
)
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Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 3 February 1832 in Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Anne LEBEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Raphaël ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Madeleine-Catherine LANCOGNARD dite SANTERRE (maternal) Nicolas LEBEL and Marguerite LAMBERTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Louis BLANCHET 19 February 1849 in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis BLANCHET was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 11 May 1899 in Ste-Rose-du-Dégelis, Quebec, Canada. Louis was the child of Louis BLANCHET and Genevieve GAGNÉ.
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 26 April 1875 in Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Marguerite 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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