Pierre PÉLOQUIN dit CRÉDIT

(b. 1 June 1733 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1782 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre PÉLOQUIN dit CRÉDIT was born 1 June 1733 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Pierre PÉLOQUIN dit CRÉDIT was the child of Pierre-François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT and Geneviève TOURNOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT and Marie NIQUET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TOURNOIS and Marguerite BENOIT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Agathe OSSANT (AUSSANT) 1 March 1756 in Sorel, Canada, New France . Agathe OSSANT (AUSSANT) was born 12 October 1731 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Agathe died 4 January 1757 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Agathe was the child of Ange OSSANT (AUSSAN) and Antoinette BONIN dite DÉLISLE.

Pierre married (2) Marie-Marguerite DESROSIERS 6 February 1758 in Sorel, Canada, New France . Marie-Marguerite DESROSIERS was born 26 October 1736 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite died 19 January 1761 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE and Marie-Anne ST-YVES.

Pierre married (3) Catherine GAUTHIER DELISLE 7 January 1762 in Sorel, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine GAUTHIER DELISLE was born 11 March 1742 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine died 2 May 1818 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine was the child of Guillaume GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Marguerite-Marie MASSON dite DUTREMBLE.

Pierre PÉLOQUIN dit CRÉDIT died 25 May 1782 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada .

Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.

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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