Joseph
BONNIER dit LAPLANTE
(b.
16 January 1776
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
6 June 1853
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
)
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Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was born 16 January 1776 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was the child of Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Madeleine GALIPEAU (maternal) Jean PLOUFFE and Marie-Jeanne FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN 4 February 1799 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN was born 25 September 1778 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Genevieve-Rosalie was the child of Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT.
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE died 6 June 1853 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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