Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH

(b. abt. 1738 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 April 1820 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada

Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH was the child of Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN and the grandchild of: (maternal) André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Mathurin-Joseph married Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) 3 October 1763 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) was born 19 November 1744 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Josephte died 20 October 1798 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Josephte was the child of Étienne COUTU (COTTU) and Marguerite COULON dite MABRIAN.

Mathurin-Joseph married (2) Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE 11 January 1802 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE was born abt. 1768 Marguerite died 6 June 1817 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier).

Mathurin-Joseph married (3) Françoise TRUDEL 7 February 1820 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . Françoise TRUDEL was born 4 March 1776 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Françoise died 1 July 1832 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Françoise was the child of Nicolas TRUDEL and Françoise HOUDE.

Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH died 7 April 1820 in Berthierville, 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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