Pierre BRABANT dit LAMOTHE

(b. abt. 1645 , France d. 26 November 1677 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

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Pierre BRABANT dit LAMOTHE was born abt. 1645 in France

Pierre BRABANT dit LAMOTHE was the child of ? and ?

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Pierre married Anne GOUPIL 27 October 1671 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Anne GOUPIL was born 7 March 1653 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery). Anne died 11 August 1741 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Anne was the child of Nicolas GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie PELLETIER.

Pierre BRABANT dit LAMOTHE died 26 November 1677 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Brabant and Marie-Suzanne Dargent

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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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