Pierre DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE

(b. abt. 1681 , France d. 10 October 1758 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Pierre DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE was born abt. 1681 in France

Pierre DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marie-Jeanne PREVOST 24 May 1706 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Jeanne PREVOST was born 13 January 1687 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Jeanne died 22 April 1755 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Jean PROVOST (PREVOST) and Françoise LEBLANC.

Pierre DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE died 10 October 1758 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Leonard Devoyau and Anne Letay

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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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