Marie Anne DÉSILETS dite DESROSIERS

(b. abt. 1752 , Canada d. 27 September 1833 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie Anne DÉSILETS dite DESROSIERS was born abt. 1752 in Canada

Marie Anne DÉSILETS dite DESROSIERS was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Françoise LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT (maternal) René LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU

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Marie Anne married Joseph BOURG 24 January 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph BOURG was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 3 January 1835 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Joseph was the child of Antoine Bénoni BOURG and Josephte HÉBERT.

Marie Anne DÉSILETS dite DESROSIERS died 27 September 1833 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower 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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