Marie-Marguerite
ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT
(b.
4 June 1767
,
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
31 March 1847
,
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East
)
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Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 4 June 1767 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Joseph-Alex ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Madeleine SAUCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne CHOUINARD (maternal) Pierre SAUCIER and Marie-Geneviève BERUBESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Marguerite married Pierre BLANCHET 4 February 1788 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BLANCHET was born 3 November 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 28 April 1845 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Marthe CLOUTIER.
Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 31 March 1847 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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