Prospère
ROY LOSIER dit DESJARDINS
(b.
5 August 1762
,
La Pocatière, Canada
d.
27 November 1825
,
Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Prospère ROY LOSIER dit DESJARDINS was born 5 August 1762 in La Pocatière, Canada
Prospère ROY LOSIER dit DESJARDINS was the child of Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Angélique LIZOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Jeanne BOUCHER dite MONBRUN (maternal) Joseph LIZOTTE and Françoise DANCOSSESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Prospère married Charlotte LEBRETON 16 August 1789 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Charlotte LEBRETON was born abt. 1768 in New Brunswick, Canada. Charlotte was the child of François-Rene ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Marie-Thérèse BOISSEL.
Prospère ROY LOSIER dit DESJARDINS died 27 November 1825 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada .
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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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