Joseph
JEAN dit DENIS
(b.
3 September 1727
,
Sorel, Canada, New France
d.
11 August 1807
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph JEAN dit DENIS was born 3 September 1727 in Sorel, Canada, New France
Joseph JEAN dit DENIS was the child of Joseph-Marie JEAN dit DENIS and Agnès DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Renee GARNIER (maternal) Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY 24 January 1757 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY was born 7 February 1736 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Josephte-Élisabeth died 18 January 1813 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Josephte-Élisabeth was the child of Gabriel DÉSORCY and Marie-Catherine LETENDRE.
Joseph JEAN dit DENIS died 11 August 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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