Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE

(b. abt. 1685 , France d. 6 December 1725 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE was born abt. 1685 in France

Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE was the child of ? and ?

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1708.

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

Pierre married Marie-Françoise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN 24 September 1708 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was born 12 June 1687 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Françoise died 27 November 1771 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise was the child of Germain GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Jeanne BEAUCHAMP.

Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE died 6 December 1725 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Botquin and Marie Claude Beaugoin

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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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