Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS

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abt. 1723 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

28 February 1756 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD

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Born: abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS

Mother: Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER , Marie-Anne MARTIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MICHAUD , Marie-Anne ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ 1 July 1749 in Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Geneviève died 4 September 1799 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Gabriel CÔTÉ and Elisabeth BERNIER.

Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS died 28 February 1756 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France .

m. Marie Genevieve Cote
1 July 1749
Trois-Pistoles, Quebec

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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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Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS married

Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ
Marriage date: 1 July 1749
Marriage place: Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France
Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ was the child of Gabriel CÔTÉ and Elisabeth BERNIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ

Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born: abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise DIONNE 4 October 1773 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born: 7 October 1753, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 10 February 1824, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Ursule CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS 2 October 1775 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS

Born: 5 January 1756, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 24 March 1836, St-Pascal, Kamouraska, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne MICHAUD 26 October 1778 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1749 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Geneviève CÔTÉ 1 July 1749 , Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)