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Pierre ROUSSEL dit ST-PIERRE was born abt. 1704 in Poitiers, France
Pierre ROUSSEL dit ST-PIERRE was the child of ? and ?Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1728.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Françoise MIREAULT 28 October 1728 in Québec, Canada, New France . Françoise MIREAULT was born 18 November 1704 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Françoise was the child of Mathieu MIREAULT and Marie-Angélique CONTANT.
Pierre married (2) Catherine MORAND dite LAGRANDEUR abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine MORAND dite LAGRANDEUR was born 11 March 1720 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 10 December 1785 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Catherine was the child of Jean MORAND and Elisabeth DASYLVA dite PORTUGAIS.
Pierre ROUSSEL dit ST-PIERRE died 10 May 1761 in Montréal, Canada .
son of Pierre Roussel and Marie Catherine Renee
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.
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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