Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Born

15 March 1699 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

15 April 1774 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT Marie-Anne GERBERT

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Born: 15 March 1699 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Mother: Marie-Anne GERBERT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Mathurin GERBERT dit LAFONTAINE , Elisabeth-Isabelle TARGER

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Jacques married Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET was born 18 May 1706 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Thérèse-Françoise died 18 September 1776 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Thérèse-Françoise was the child of Charles BOUCHER and Marie-Anne OUELLET.

Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 15 April 1774 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT married

Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET
Marriage date: abt. 1727
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET was the child of Charles BOUCHER and Marie-Anne OUELLET

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Children:

Geneviève St-Pierre dit Dessaint ca 1725-1791

Maurice-Jacques Dessaint dit St-Pierre ca 1728-1780

Joseph-Marie St-Pierre dit Dessaint ca 1728-

Brigitte-Dorothée Dessaint dit St-Pierre ca 1734-1793

Jean-Baptiste St-Pierre dit Labbé 1739-

Pierre-Jacques Dessaint dit St-Pierre 1745-

Pélagie St-Pierre dit Dessaint

Children of Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET

Maurice-Jacques DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE

Born: abt. 1728, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 April 1780, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte OUELLET 7 September 1761 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE

Born: abt. 1728, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 September 1793, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite SOUCY 29 April 1754 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Geneviève ST-PIERRE

Born: abt. 1730, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 October 1791, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Married: François PELLERIN 24 January 1752 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

Born: 12 May 1734, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 10 August 1793, La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph BOURGELAS 27 November 1752 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph PELLETIER 16 June 1791 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1699
15 March 1699
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1734 Birth of Child
Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born 12 May 1734, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jacques was 35 years old.

1752 Marriage of Child
Geneviève ST-PIERRE married 24 January 1752, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to François PELLERIN

1752 Marriage of Child
Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE married 27 November 1752, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Joseph BOURGELAS

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE married 29 April 1754, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marguerite SOUCY

1761 Marriage of Child
Maurice-Jacques DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE married 7 September 1761, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Josephte OUELLET

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.