Pierre
PETIT dit ST-PIERRE
(b.
12 April 1720
,
France
d.
30 March 1810
,
La Pocatière, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 12 April 1720 in France
Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of ? and ?Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1758.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Madeleine CRÊTE 11 November 1748 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine CRÊTE was born 12 October 1719 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Madeleine died 1 March 1753 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre CRÊSTE (CRÊTE) and Marie DROUIN.
Pierre married (2) Judith MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 9 April 1758 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Judith MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 13 September 1736 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Judith died 7 November 1808 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Judith was the child of Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS.
Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE died 30 March 1810 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .
son of Jean Petit and Marie Blot
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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