Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

(b. 1 March 1735 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 8 May 1806 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 1 March 1735 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Pierre ST-PIERRE and Helene LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT (maternal) Jean LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

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

Louis-Jerome married Elisabeth TONDREAU 26 April 1757 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth TONDREAU was born 4 September 1722 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Elisabeth died 29 April 1797 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Elisabeth was the child of Joseph TONDREAU and Elisabeth LANGELIER.

Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 8 May 1806 in L'Islet, 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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Family and Children of Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

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Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT married

Elisabeth TONDREAU-- Date: 26 April 1757 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Elisabeth TONDREAU was the child of Joseph TONDREAU and Elisabeth LANGELIER

Children of Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Elisabeth TONDREAU:

Marie-Claire ST PIERRE dite DESSAINT (b.5 January 1760, L'Islet, Canada d. , )
m. François CLOUTIER 27 August 1781 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT (b.15 June 1766, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Veronique LEROUX 4 October 1790 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1735 Birth
1 March 1735
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Elisabeth TONDREAU 26 April 1757, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 22 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire ST PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 5 January 1760, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Louis-Jerome was 24 years old.

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 15 June 1766, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Louis-Jerome was 31 years old.

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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Claire ST PIERRE dite DESSAINT married 27 August 1781, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to François CLOUTIER

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT married 4 October 1790, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Marie-Veronique LEROUX

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)