Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE

(b. 29 June 1785 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 May 1821 , )

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Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE was born 29 June 1785 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE was the child of ? and ?

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Marie-Genevieve married Joseph RIVARD 15 February 1802 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph RIVARD was born 14 April 1780 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier).

Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE died 28 May 1821
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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 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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Family and Children of Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE

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Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE married

Joseph RIVARD-- Date: 15 February 1802 Place: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Children of Joseph RIVARD and Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE:

Francis REVOY (b.December 1816, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Minerva CLARK 28 August 1848

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1785 Birth
29 June 1785
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve DESSAINT dite ST PIERRE and Joseph RIVARD 15 February 1802, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

She was 16 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Francis REVOY was born December 1816, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

Marie-Genevieve was 31 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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