Jean
LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS
(b.
23 March 1636
,
Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
d.
16 February 1708
,
Champlain, Canada, New France
)
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Jean LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS was born 23 March 1636 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
Jean LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS was the child of ? and ?Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1667.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Jeanne-Elizabeth ISABEL 10 January 1667 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jeanne-Elizabeth ISABEL was born 20 October 1650 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jeanne-Elizabeth was the child of Guillaume ISABEL and Catherine DODIER.
Jean LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS died 16 February 1708 in Champlain, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of Jean 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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