Jean
CLEMENT dit LAPOINTE
(b.
15 July 1629
,
Nancy, Lorraine Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
d.
24 September 1686
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
)
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Jean CLEMENT dit LAPOINTE was born 15 July 1629 in Nancy, Lorraine Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Jean CLEMENT dit LAPOINTE was the child of ? and ?Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1659.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Madeleine SURGET 28 September 1659 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Madeleine SURGET was born abt. 1638 in Soubise, Rochefort, Saintes, Saintonge, France. Madeleine died abt. 1697 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.
Jean CLEMENT dit LAPOINTE died 24 September 1686 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
Death records for this death date are missing at Nativite-de-la-Prairie de-la-Magdeleine in Drouin Collection. Pages missing. Records for the death of his son are available in 1687.
son of Jean Clement and Anne Martin
Details of the family tree of Jean appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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