Jean-Baptiste MARION dit FONTAINE

Born

5 May 1733 , Repentigny, Canada, New France

Died

3 June 1756 , Fort Duquesne et Fort de la Rivière-aux-Boeufs Colony

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Etienne MARION dit FONTAINE Jeanne-Yvonne HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dite DESCHAMPS

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Jean-Baptiste MARION dit FONTAINE was born 5 May 1733 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MARION dit FONTAINE was the child of Etienne MARION dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Yvonne HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dite DESCHAMPS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Georges-Guillaume MARION dit FONTAINE and Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) (maternal) Pierre HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Catherine BEAUCHAMP

Jean-Baptiste MARION dit FONTAINE died 3 June 1756 in Fort Duquesne et Fort de la Rivière-aux-Boeufs Colony.
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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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