Antoine QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME

(b. abt. 1769 , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 May 1850 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )

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Antoine QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was born abt. 1769 in Québec Province, Canada

Antoine QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was the child of Michel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Claire BLANCHET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET and Geneviève ROUSSEAU

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Antoine married Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET 6 August 1798 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET was born 15 November 1773 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte died 2 February 1855 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise ARCHAMBAULT.

Antoine QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME died 20 May 1850 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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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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