Marie-Anne DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

(b. 25 July 1766 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 March 1814 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born 25 July 1766 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Jean-Chrysostome ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angelique RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER (maternal) Joseph-Jacques RICHARD and Rosalie FOURNIER

Marie-Anne DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE died 27 March 1814 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada .

m. Gagne Jean-Baptiste

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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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1766 Birth
25 July 1766
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.