Pierre
PRIEUR dit ST-LEGER
(b.
abt. 1695
,
St-Leger, Guyenne, France
d.
3 April 1743
,
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre PRIEUR dit ST-LEGER was born abt. 1695 in St-Leger, Guyenne, France
Pierre PRIEUR dit ST-LEGER was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Louise-Jeanne CHESNÉ dite ST-ONGE LAVIOLETTE 29 January 1725 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Louise-Jeanne CHESNÉ dite ST-ONGE LAVIOLETTE was born abt. 1689 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise-Jeanne died 12 August 1777 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Marie-Louise-Jeanne was the child of Pierre CHESNÉ dit ST-ONGE LAVIOLETTE and Louise-Jeanne BAILLY dite LAFLEUR.
Pierre PRIEUR dit ST-LEGER died 3 April 1743 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Jean Prieur and Bernarde Lasonde
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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