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Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS

(b. 23 June 1719 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. , )

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Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS was born 23 June 1719 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS was the child of Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS and Jeanne BELLET dite GAZAILLE (BLET) (BELET) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DEGUIRE dit LAROSE and Marie-Rose COLIN (COLLIN) (maternal) Jean BELLET dit GAZAILLE (BLET) (BELET) and Jeanne BOUVEAU (BEAUVEAU)

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Pierre married Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada . Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE was born 8 May 1725 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Jeannette died 22 January 1799 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Jeannette was the child of Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE and Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER).

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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 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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Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE-- Date: abt. 1740 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE was the child of Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE and Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER)

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Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
L'église de Saint-François-du-Lac (exterior)
Église de Saint-François-Xavier
440, rue Notre-Dame, Saint-François-du-Lac, QUÉBEC
Established 1714

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