Jean
DESNOYERS dit DESMARAIS
(b.
abt. 1684
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
5 March 1763
,
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Jean DESNOYERS dit DESMARAIS was born abt. 1684 in Québec Province, Canada
Jean DESNOYERS dit DESMARAIS was the child of Robert DESMARAIS and Elisabeth RICHAUME and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS and Marthe-Marie ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Thérèse MENARD abt. 1709 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Thérèse MENARD was born 2 October 1676 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Thérèse died 19 June 1753 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Thérèse was the child of Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER).
Jean DESNOYERS dit DESMARAIS died 5 March 1763 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jean 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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