When Josepthe Petit was born about 1811, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, her father, Etienne-Paul Petit, was 32 and her mother, Marie Françoise Petit, was 32. She married Michel Lussier on 15 November 1825, in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 16 April 1834, in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 24, and was buried in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French/Haitian Alain, Michel, Normand, Mireille, Philippe, Pierre, Achille, Armand, Jean Claude, Jean Jacques, Ketly, Adrien.
French, Walloon, Catalan, English, Jewish (from southern France), West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Mauritian: from (Old) French, Catalan, and Middle English petit ‘small’, hence a nickname for a small man (or an ironic nickname for a big man), or a distinguishing name for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. Compare Little , Petee , and Petite .
History: Charles Petit from Anneville-Ambourville in Seine-Maritime, France, married Jeanne Rossignol (Martin and Renée Desjardins) in Quebec City, QC, in 1670. Nicolas Petit dit Lapré/Laprée from Le Gué-d'Alleré in Charente-Maritime, France, married Marie Pouponnel in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1656. Pierre Petit dit Gobin from Lyon in Rhône married Marguerite Véron in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1692. Pierre Petit dit Saint-Pierre from Évreux in Eure, France, married Judith Miville in Quebec City, QC, in 1758; see also St. Pierre . — This surname is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.
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