Jean-Benoni
ROY dit DESJARDINS
(b.
abt. 1773
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
19 February 1859
,
Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East
)
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Jean-Benoni ROY dit DESJARDINS was born abt. 1773 in Québec Province, Canada
Jean-Benoni ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Louise DIONNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DIONNE and Marie-Louise PARADISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Benoni married Theotiste MICHAUD 16 January 1797 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste MICHAUD was born 9 May 1773 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Theotiste died 24 October 1846 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Theotiste was the child of Benjamin MICHAUD and Marie-Regis MOREAU.
Jean-Benoni ROY dit DESJARDINS died 19 February 1859 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East.
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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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