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Pierre  married  Marie-Catherine PILLAT 19 October 1665 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Catherine PILLAT  was born 30 March 1646 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.  Marie-Catherine died 23 July 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 

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Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1665.


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Pierre  married  Marie-Catherine PILLAT 19 October 1665 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Catherine PILLAT  was born 30 March 1646 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.  Marie-Catherine died 23 July 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 




son of Pierre Charron and Judith Martin

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME married immigrant Fille du Roi flag  Marie-Catherine PILLAT
Marriage date: 19 October 1665
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Pierre Charron and Catherine Pillart


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Children of Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marie-Catherine PILLAT


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Québec Place Names Through History

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Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)


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Pierre Charron
'Pierre Charron, son of Pierre Charron and Judith Martin, emigrated to Canada in 1662 (in 1661 according to some sources) and married Catherine Pillard on October 19, 1665 in Montreal. They had 12 children all of whom reached adulthood and eventually married. Obviously, this was an excellent means to ensure their posterity which now numbers in the tens of thousands established in Québec as well as in Canada and the United States.

Indeed, their four sons, Pierre, Nicolas, François and Jean would perpetuate their name, except that at the outset François adopted the Ducharme surname which was later transmitted to his entire posterity. To our knowledge, in 2004 no descendant of François bears the original name of Charron. This is the reason why the descendants of Pierre Charron and Catherine Pillard are known either as Charron or Ducharme.

A final word about the particular environment of the French colony living along the St-Lawrence river when Pierre and Catherine were married. The
BirthBirth — 1635
21 October 1635
Meaux-Sud, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
marriage1665 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marie-Catherine PILLAT 19 October 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 30 years old.
1666 Birth of Child
Catherine CHARRON was born 23 September 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 30 years old.
1668 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte CHARRON was born 30 November 1668, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Pierre was 33 years old.
1670 Birth of Child
Antoinette-Anne CHARRON was born 18 October 1670, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 35 years old.
1674 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse CHARRON was born 26 February 1674, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 38 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
Nicolas CHARRON was born 16 March 1676, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 40 years old.
1678 Birth of Child
François CHARRON dit DUCHARME was born 5 June 1678, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 42 years old.
marriage1679 Marriage of Child
Catherine CHARRON married 23 July 1679, Contrecœur, Canada, New France to François CHAGNON dit LAROSE
1680 Birth of Child
Catherine CHARRON was born 22 September 1680, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 44 years old.
1681 Longueuil
Pierre Charon, 42 ans; Catherine Pillar, sa femme, 30 ans; enfants: Catherine, 15 ans; Marie, 13 ans; Pierre, 10 ans; Therese, 8 ans; Nicolas, 3 ans; Catherine, 1 an; 1 vache; 2 arpents en valeur.

Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 65
1682 Birth of Child
Helene CHARRON was born 2 November 1682, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Pierre was 47 years old.
1684 Birth of Child
Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME was born 17 October 1684, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Pierre was 49 years old.
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Antoinette-Anne CHARRON married 18 April 1686, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Pierre GOGUET (GOYETTE)
1686 Birth of Child
Louise CHARRON was born 4 September 1686, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Pierre was 50 years old.
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte CHARRON married 30 November 1686, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Claude-Louis LEMAIRE
1688 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne CHARRON was born 7 May 1688, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Pierre was 52 years old.
marriage1689 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse CHARRON married 21 February 1689, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Jacques HUBERT dit PARISIEN
marriage1691 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte CHARRON married 31 December 1691, Verchères, Canada, New France to Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
Catherine CHARRON married 10 October 1694, Verchères, Canada, New France to Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT)
marriage1697 Marriage of Child
Pierre CHARRON married 4 November 1697 , Boucherville, Canada, New France to Madeleine ROBIN
1700 Death
Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

26 Dec 1700

Pierre Charon
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Name: Pierre Charon
Gender: Male
burial date: 26 Dec 1700
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Death Date: 25 Dec 1700
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Age: 60
Birth Date: 1640
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Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
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indexing project (batch) number: B03669-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
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Film Number: 1031703
reference number: P-75 S-1

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PP-KHD : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Pierre Charon, 25 Dec 1700; citing reference P-75 S-1, FHL microfilm 1031703.
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