Jacques FOUET dit LACROIX

(b. 4 April 1703 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )

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Jacques FOUET dit LACROIX was born 4 April 1703 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques FOUET dit LACROIX was the child of Jacques Rene FOUET and Genevieve PLOUFFE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean PLOUFFE and Marie-Madeleine GUILLEBOEUF

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

Jacques married Genevieve RANGER 30 August 1723 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve RANGER was born 28 August 1706 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Genevieve died 1 August 1733 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Genevieve was the child of Pierre RANGER and Marguerite FORTIN.

Jacques married (2) Agathe GOGUET 7 January 1734 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . Agathe GOGUET was born 2 January 1713 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Agathe was the child of Jean GOGUET and Marie-Madeleine BOURGEOIS.

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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