Pierre
BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS
(b.
abt. 1691
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
d.
23 December 1757
,
Verchères, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS was born abt. 1691 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS was the child of ? and ?Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1714.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Catherine LEMOINE 2 April 1714 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Catherine LEMOINE was born 1 November 1692 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 11 July 1777 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Catherine was the child of Nicolas LEMOINE and Marguerite JASSELIN.
Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS died 23 December 1757 in Verchères, Canada, New France .
son of Jean Bertrand and Marie Magne
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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