Dorimene ROY dite DESJARDINS

(b. 17 September 1858 , Sorel, Canada East d. 14 June 1932 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada )

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Dorimene ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 17 September 1858 in Sorel, Canada East

Dorimene ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS and Rosalie MAILHOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ROY dit DESJARDINS and Geneviève BEYER (maternal) Pierre Alexandre LASALLE dit MAILLOT and Marie-Louise DOZOIS

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Dorimene married Alphonse DESJARDINS 2 September 1879 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Alphonse DESJARDINS was born 5 November 1854 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Alphonse died 31 October 1920 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Alphonse was the child of François ROY dit DESJARDINS and Clarisse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES.

Dorimene ROY dite DESJARDINS died 14 June 1932 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, 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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