Alexis
TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX
(b.
21 October 1688
,
Batiscan, Canada, New France
d.
05 June 1769
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
)
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Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX was born 21 October 1688 in Batiscan, Canada, New France
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX 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):
Alexis married Marie Louise ROY 6 January 1735 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Marie Louise ROY was born 19 May 1708 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Marie Louise died 3 December 1735 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Marie Louise was the child of Pierre ROY and Marguerite OUABANKÉKOUÉ.
Alexis married (2) Catherine GODEFROY 30 December 1739 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Catherine GODEFROY was born 22 August 1716 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 21 July 1777 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Catherine was the child of Jacques GODEFROY and Marie-Anne CHESNÉ.
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX died 05 June 1769 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
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Occupation
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX was a Négociant.
Alexis TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX was a Négociant.
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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