Francoise-Hippolyte
LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES
(b.
11 July 1770
,
Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
5 April 1854
,
Varennes, Canada East
)
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Francoise-Hippolyte LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born 11 July 1770 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise-Hippolyte LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was the child of Gabriel LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Françoise HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Louise-Agathe FROMENT (maternal) Jean HAMEL and Catherine VEGIARD dite LABONTÉSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Francoise-Hippolyte married Louis PROVOST 13 January 1794 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis PROVOST was born 4 August 1767 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROVOST and Marie-Charlotte LUSSIER.
Francoise-Hippolyte LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES died 5 April 1854 in Varennes, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Francoise-Hippolyte 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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