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LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE Family Genealogy
Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was born 14 September 1759 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne LESIEGE and Marie-Françoise BERGERON (maternal) Joseph-Pierre HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marguerite PIETTE (PIET)
m. Laporte Marie-Marguerite
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.
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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)
1759 Birth
14 September 1759
Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)
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