Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

(b. 16 December 1815 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. , )

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Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 16 December 1815 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Jean-Baptiste ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Madeleine PINET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Francoise-Ursule FORTIN (maternal) Pierre PINET and Marguerite MICHAUD

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

Jean married Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 11 August 1835 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 9 December 1812 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Emerentienne was the child of Jean-Juste MIVILLE and Theotiste CHOUINARD.

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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Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT married

Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES-- Date: 11 August 1835 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Jean-Juste MIVILLE and Theotiste CHOUINARD

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Children of Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Philomene ST-PIERRE (b.22 January 1838, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 18 May 1914, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Athanase TREMBLAY 13 February 1855 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1815 Birth
16 December 1815
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

1835 Marriage / Partner
Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 11 August 1835, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene ST-PIERRE was born 22 January 1838, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean was 22 years old.

Added: 6/27/2024 2:00:33 PM - Updated: 6/27/2024 2:02:49 PM