Jean PETIT dit MILHOMME

(b. abt. 1701 , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 April 1771 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean PETIT dit MILHOMME was born abt. 1701 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean PETIT dit MILHOMME was the child of Robert PETIT dit MILHOMME and Marie-Madeleine VALLIERE (VALLIERES) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PETIT and Jeanne MORINEAU (maternal) Pierre VALLIERE (VALLIERES) and Anne LAGÜE (LAGOUE)

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Jean married Catherine-Louise TAPIN 4 January 1727 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France . Catherine-Louise TAPIN was born 25 June 1704 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Catherine-Louise died 5 December 1782 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Catherine-Louise was the child of René TAPIN and Marie-Louise LORIOT.

Jean PETIT dit MILHOMME died 30 April 1771 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada.
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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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Jean PETIT dit MILHOMME married

Catherine-Louise TAPIN-- Date: 4 January 1727 Place: Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Catherine-Louise TAPIN was the child of René TAPIN and Marie-Louise LORIOT

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1727 Marriage / Partner
Jean PETIT dit MILHOMME and Catherine-Louise TAPIN 4 January 1727, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.