flag female ancestor  Josephte  MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS

  (b. 25 March 1744 Lavaltrie, Canada, New France   d. 11 March 1813 Berthierville, Lower Canada )  

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Josephte MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS was born 25 March 1744 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Josephte MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS was the child of François-Sulpice MOUSSEAU dit DÉSILETS   and   Marie-Josephte CADERON ST-PIERRE dite RENARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) (maternal)  Charles-Pierre CADRON RENARD dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Madeleine LANIEL dite DESROSIERS SOULANGE

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

Josephte  married  Jean-Baptiste BOURDON 20 October 1766 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jean-Baptiste BOURDON  was born 1 December 1737 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie).  Jean-Baptiste died 28 October 1809 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier).  Jean-Baptiste was the child of Ignace BOURDON and Madeleine QUENNEVILLE.

Josephte MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS died 11 March 1813 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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