Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS

(b. abt. 1673 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 April 1736 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was born abt. 1673 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was the child of Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien Gilles (Jules) TROTTIER and Catherine LOISEAU (maternal) Pierre-Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Jeanne AUNEAU (AUNOIS)

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

Pierre married Catherine CHAREST 10 December 1699 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Catherine CHAREST was born 6 April 1681 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Catherine was the child of Étienne CHAREST and Catherine BISSOT.

Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS died 12 April 1736 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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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 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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Family and Children of Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS

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Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS married

Catherine CHAREST-- Date: 10 December 1699 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
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Catherine CHAREST was the child of Étienne CHAREST and Catherine BISSOT

Children of Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS and Catherine CHAREST:

Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS (b.2 September 1700, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite CHERON 27 December 1723 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Etienne TROTTIER (b.28 May 1711, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louise-Angelique D'AMOURS 9 November 1745 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Jeanne POULIN 22 August 1763 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thomas-Ignace TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS (b.21 December 1712, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1777, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Thomas FLEURY 25 May 1747 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Alexis TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS (b.14 April 1717, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 May 1789, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine AUDET dite PIERCOT 1 September 1749 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Marriage / Partner
Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS and Catherine CHAREST 10 December 1699, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

1700 Birth of Child
Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was born 2 September 1700, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1711 Birth of Child
Etienne TROTTIER was born 28 May 1711, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1712 Birth of Child
Thomas-Ignace TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was born 21 December 1712, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was born 14 April 1717, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1723 Marriage of Child
Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS married 27 December 1723, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marguerite CHERON