flag male ancestor  Urbain  BRIEN dit DESROCHES

  (b. 10 February 1686 Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*   d. 15 July 1754 Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )  

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Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 10 February 1686 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHES was the child of Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES   and   Suzanne BOUVIER and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Michel BOUVIER and Mathurine DESBORDES

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

Urbain  married  Marguerite DESROCHES 21 April 1711 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite DESROCHES  was born 28 September 1692 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*.  Marguerite died 5 June 1762 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles).  Marguerite was the child of Jean DESROCHES and Marie BEAUCHAMP.

Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHES died 15 July 1754 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* .
Details of the family tree of Urbain appear below.

Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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