Michel
MARETTE dit DESMARAIS
(b.
3 February 1749
,
L'Assomption, Canada, New France
d.
27 November 1814
,
Montréal, Lower Canada
)
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Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was born 3 February 1749 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was the child of Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET and Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise LUSSIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Marie-Louise PELLETIER 12 October 1767 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise PELLETIER was born 26 August 1748 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Louise died 28 May 1822 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise was the child of Étienne PELLETIER and Marie-Josephe PEPIN.
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS died 27 November 1814 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
m. Marie Louise Pelletier
12 October 1767
L'Assomption
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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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