Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE

(b. 17 March 1762 , La Pocatière, Canada d. 6 January 1846 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East )

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Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 17 March 1762 in La Pocatière, Canada

Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Judith MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

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

Germain married Marie-Ursule LEBLANC 20 August 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 17 children.
Marie-Ursule LEBLANC was born 1 April 1771 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Ursule died 5 June 1816 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Ursule was the child of André LEBLANC and Marie-Josephe-Charlotte BAUGIS (BOUGIE).

Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE died 6 January 1846 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East.
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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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