Jean-Baptiste MESSIER dit DUCHESNE

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abt. 1777 , Québec Province, Canada

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Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE Marie-Josephe PALARDY

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Born: abt. 1777 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE

Mother: Marie-Josephe PALARDY

Paternal grandparents: René MESSIER , Suzanne LEFEBVRE dite BÉLISLE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Charles PALARDY , Marie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie JARED dite BEAUREGARD 30 October 1797 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Marie JARED dite BEAUREGARD was born 3 August 1776 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie died 12 June 1854 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie was the child of Antoine JARRET dit BEAUREGARD and Marguerite BÉRARD.

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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Jean-Baptiste MESSIER dit DUCHESNE married

Marie JARED dite BEAUREGARD
Marriage date: 30 October 1797
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Marie JARED dite BEAUREGARD was the child of Antoine JARRET dit BEAUREGARD and Marguerite BÉRARD

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Michel Messier b. 1822 m. Adeline Daudelin

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1797 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MESSIER dit DUCHESNE and Marie JARED dite BEAUREGARD 30 October 1797, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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