Jean-Baptiste
DESROSIERS dit DESILETS
(b.
23 July 1768
,
Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
13 November 1860
,
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
)
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Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS was born 23 July 1768 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS was the child of Louis DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Marie-Catherine FRIGON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT (maternal) Francois FRIGON and Marie-Jeanne DESHAIESSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG) 1 February 1796 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 20 May 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Charlotte died 28 July 1851 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Joseph BOURG and Marie Anne BERGERON D'AMBOISE.
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS died 13 November 1860 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste 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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