Marguerite
MARION dite FONTAINE
(b.
29 September 1774
,
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
24 March 1818
,
L'Acadie, Lower Canada
)
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Marguerite MARION dite FONTAINE was born 29 September 1774 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite MARION dite FONTAINE was the child of Charles MARION dit FONTAINE and Marie-Geneviève BOURASSA and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MARION and Marie-Charlotte BOUCHER (maternal) Louis BOURASSA and Marie-Françoise BOUCHERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Pierre-Noel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME 20 May 1795 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Noel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was born 11 May 1767 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Pierre-Noel died 13 April 1842 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Pierre-Noel was the child of Pierre-Noel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Marguerite TANGUAY.
Marguerite MARION dite FONTAINE died 24 March 1818 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marguerite 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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