Pierre
DROUARD dit VILLEMAIRE
(b.
26 September 1737
,
Lachenaie, Canada, New France
d.
4 April 1823
,
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre DROUARD dit VILLEMAIRE was born 26 September 1737 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Pierre DROUARD dit VILLEMAIRE was the child of Nicolas Noel RÉAL dit DROUARD and Marie-Anne GALARNEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques GALARNEAU and Marguerite PANNETONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Françoise CATUDAL dite ST JEAN 25 October 1762 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Françoise CATUDAL dite ST JEAN was born 29 June 1739 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Françoise died 14 March 1815 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Marie-Françoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL and Angélique SABOURIN dite CHAUNIERE.
Pierre DROUARD dit VILLEMAIRE died 4 April 1823 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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