Joseph LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE

(b. abt. 1720 , Canada d. 13 June 1796 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE was born abt. 1720 in Canada

Joseph LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE was the child of Antoine LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne-Angelique RIVARD dite LORANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Françoise LAFOND (maternal) Claude RIVARD dit LORANGER and Marie-Catherine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT

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

Joseph married Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS 27 April 1750 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was born 16 March 1724 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Josephe died 15 March 1790 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT.

Joseph LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE died 13 June 1796 in Yamachiche, 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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