Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

(b. 1 May 1762 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada d. 12 July 1832 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 1 May 1762 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada

Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was the child of Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Elisabeth GILBERT dite LAFRAMBOISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU (maternal) Pierre GILBERT dit LAFRAMBOISE and Marie-Anne ARCHAMBAULT

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

Ambroise married Marie PICHE 7 February 1785 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie PICHE was born 9 April 1762 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie died 2 November 1792 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre PICHÉ and Agathe BOURDELAIS dite BRÊME.

Ambroise married (2) Marie-Marguerite LAURIAULT (LORIOT) 28 September 1795 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite LAURIAULT (LORIOT) was born 27 August 1763 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Marguerite died 9 December 1827 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Michel LAURIAULT (LORIOT) and Marie-Anne TRUDEL.

Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE died 12 July 1832 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.
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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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