Suzanne FONTAINE dite PION

(b. 31 August 1807 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 7 June 1834 , Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada )

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Suzanne FONTAINE dite PION was born 31 August 1807 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Suzanne FONTAINE dite PION was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN (maternal) Joseph-Marie PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise CHARRON dite DUCHARME

Suzanne FONTAINE dite PION died 7 June 1834 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada .

m. Palardy Francois-Xavier

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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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