Antoine-Joseph
MESSIER dit DUCHESNE
(b.
12 May 1740
,
Varennes, Canada, New France
d.
7 April 1817
,
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE was born 12 May 1740 in Varennes, Canada, New France
Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE was the child of René MESSIER and Suzanne LEFEBVRE dite BÉLISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) René MESSIER and Catherine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (maternal) Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE and Marie-Suzanne TROTTIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine-Joseph married Marie-Josephe PALARDY 18 April 1763 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe PALARDY was born 17 February 1743 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Josephe died 17 December 1829 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre-Charles PALARDY and Marie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD.
Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE died 7 April 1817 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower 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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