Catherine POIRIER dite DESLOGES

(b. 3 October 1798 , Oka, Lower Canada d. , )

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Catherine POIRIER dite DESLOGES was born 3 October 1798 in Oka, Lower Canada

Catherine POIRIER dite DESLOGES was the child of Pascal POIRIER dit DESLOGES and Marie-Rose BRAZEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques POIRIER and Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD (maternal) Pierre BRAZEAU and Marie-Anne DUBOIS

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Catherine married François-Laurent MENARD 17 February 1817 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Laurent MENARD was born 12 August 1792 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes). François-Laurent died 10 September 1834 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. François-Laurent was the child of Joseph-Amable MENARD and Marie-Josephte BERTRAND.

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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Catherine POIRIER dite DESLOGES married

François-Laurent MENARD-- Date: 17 February 1817 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
François-Laurent MENARD was the child of Joseph-Amable MENARD and Marie-Josephte BERTRAND

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Children of François-Laurent MENARD and Catherine POIRIER dite DESLOGES:

Laurent MENARD (b.13 May 1828, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. 6 August 1911, Ste-Philomene, Montcerf, Quebec, Canada)
m. Meline SABOURIN 13 September 1856 in Gatineau, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Gatineau) (Touraine) (East Templeton) (West Templeton)

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1798 Birth
3 October 1798
Oka, Lower Canada

1817 Marriage / Partner
Catherine POIRIER dite DESLOGES and François-Laurent MENARD 17 February 1817, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Laurent MENARD was born 13 May 1828, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 29 years old.

Added: 4/29/2026 4:17:42 PM - Updated: 4/29/2026 4:19:31 PM