Ancestor is complete! immigrant flag male ancestor  Pierre  RICHAUME dit PETRUS

  (b. abt. 1634 Brouage, Saintes, Saintonge, France   d. 5 August 1688 Repentigny, Canada, New France )  

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Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS was born abt. 1634 in Brouage, Saintes, Saintonge, France

Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS was the child of Simon RICHAUME   and   Catherine BELLIER (BELIER)

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1644.

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre  married  Marthe-Marie ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT) 16 September 1658 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marthe-Marie ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT)  was born 28 March 1632 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.  Marthe-Marie died 26 August 1700 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).  Marthe-Marie was the child of Marc ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT) and Louise BRODEUR.

Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS died 5 August 1688 in Repentigny, Canada, New France .





Born Notre-Dame, Brouage, Saintes, Saintonge, France


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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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