Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

(b. 21 October 1736 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1808 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 21 October 1736 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Alexandre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne CHOUINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT (maternal) Jacques CHOUINARD and Louise JEAN

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Marie-Anne married Basile BOIS 13 October 1761 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Basile BOIS was born 15 December 1736 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Basile died 22 June 1818 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Basile was the child of Jacques BOIS and Marie-Angélique MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ.

Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 4 April 1808 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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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 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married

Basile BOIS-- Date: 13 October 1761 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Basile BOIS was the child of Jacques BOIS and Marie-Angélique MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

Children of Basile BOIS and Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT:

Victoire BOIS (b.10 September 1768, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 March 1864, Pierreville, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Vincent PLOURDE 21 August 1787 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Claire BOIS (b.27 March 1775, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 March 1828, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie EMOND 14 June 1802 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1736 Birth
21 October 1736
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and Basile BOIS 13 October 1761, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1768 Birth of Child
Victoire BOIS was born 10 September 1768, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Anne was 31 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire BOIS was born 27 March 1775, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Anne was 38 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.