Alexandre
PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER
(b.
6 November 1830
,
Beloeil, Lower Canada
d.
17 April 1874
,
Beloeil, Québec, Canada
)
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Alexandre PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER was born 6 November 1830 in Beloeil, Lower Canada
Alexandre PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER was the child of Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE and Angélique BEAUDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE and Angélique BRODEUR (maternal) Joseph-Louis BEAUDRY and Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexandre married Aurelie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME 11 October 1852 in Beloeil, Canada East . Aurelie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME was born 11 January 1832 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire). Aurelie was the child of Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME and Domithilde HEBERT dite LAMBERT.
Alexandre PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER died 17 April 1874 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada .
m. Gaboriault Aurelie
Details of the family tree of Alexandre 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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