Marie-Catherine ROY dite DESJARDINS

(b. 2 September 1775 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 March 1799 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 2 September 1775 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Catherine ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Alexandre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Josephe PLOURDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne-Bouchard DESERRE (maternal) Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

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Marie-Catherine married Pierre-Noel PELLETIER 15 January 1793 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Pierre-Noel PELLETIER was born 26 October 1762 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Noel died 10 July 1854 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Pierre-Noel was the child of Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Marie-Marthe BRISSON.

Marie-Catherine ROY dite DESJARDINS died 18 March 1799 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Pierre-Noel PELLETIER-- Date: 15 January 1793 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Pierre-Noel PELLETIER was the child of Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Marie-Marthe BRISSON

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1775 Birth
2 September 1775
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1793 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine ROY dite DESJARDINS and Pierre-Noel PELLETIER 15 January 1793, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 17 years old.