Joseph
ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS
(b.
7 October 1717
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
d.
25 January 1785
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS was born 7 October 1717 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Joseph ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS was the child of Pierre ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephe JOYAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) René ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS and Marguerite GIRARD (maternal) Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL) and Marie-Gertrude MORALSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Geneviève JOLLIET dite ANTICOSTI 12 June 1747 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève JOLLIET dite ANTICOSTI was born 31 August 1725 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 24 March 1757 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Geneviève was the child of Charles JOLLIET and Jeanne LEMELIN.
Joseph married (2) Louise-Marie COURVILLE dite ABRAHAM 6 February 1758 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louise-Marie COURVILLE dite ABRAHAM was born abt. 1735 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Louise-Marie died 5 October 1765 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima).
Joseph ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS died 25 January 1785 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, 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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