Ignace DENIS dit LAPORTE

(b. abt. 1780 , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 October 1815 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Ignace DENIS dit LAPORTE was born abt. 1780 in Québec Province, Canada

Ignace DENIS dit LAPORTE was the child of Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Françoise LANGLOIS dite SANSOUCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Denis LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Thérèse MASSÉ dite SANCERRE (maternal) Joseph LANGLOIS dit SANSOUCY and Catherine SIMON dite LEONARD

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Ignace married Julienne LAFAILLE 9 February 1801 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Julienne LAFAILLE was born 5 September 1776 in New England, USA. Julienne was the child of François LAFAILLE and Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS).

Ignace DENIS dit LAPORTE died 25 October 1815 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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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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