Thérèse
DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS
(b.
4 February 1730
,
Champlain, Canada, New France
d.
11 February 1778
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was born 4 February 1730 in Champlain, Canada, New France
Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Thomasee-Jeanne ARTAULT (ARTEAU) (maternal) Florent LECLERC and Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thérèse married Charles MASSÉ 27 February 1753 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Charles MASSÉ was born 15 January 1716 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Charles died 16 September 1790 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Charles was the child of Louis MASSÉ and Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER.
Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS died 11 February 1778 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Thérèse 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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