Joseph ROCHEREAU dit MORISSEAU

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1 December 1707 , Québec Province, Canada

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Pierre ROCHEREAU dit MORISSEAU Marie-Anne GÉLINAS

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Born: 1 December 1707 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre ROCHEREAU dit MORISSEAU

Mother: Marie-Anne GÉLINAS

Paternal grandparents: Michel ROCHEREAU , Marie BIGOT

Maternal grandparents: Jean GÉLINAS , Françoise DE CHARMESNIL (MESNY)

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Joseph married Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN 8 February 1745 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 29 March 1724 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD.

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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Joseph ROCHEREAU dit MORISSEAU married

Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN
Marriage date: 8 February 1745
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN was the child of André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD

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Birth — 1707
1 December 1707
Québec Province, Canada

1745 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROCHEREAU dit MORISSEAU and Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN 8 February 1745, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 37 years old.

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