Marguerite
LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE
(b.
18 July 1728
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
d.
5 March 1798
,
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
)
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Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was born 18 July 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAFOREST and Marie-Charlotte GODIN (maternal) Joseph RANCOURT and Marie PARENTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Joseph-Francois LAVOIE 2 February 1746 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . Joseph-Francois LAVOIE was born 3 January 1715 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph-Francois died 13 April 1767 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph-Francois was the child of François-Xavier LAVOIE and Marie-Marguerite SAVARD.
Marguerite married (2) François GAGNE 3 November 1767 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . François GAGNE was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). François died 23 December 1802 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. François was the child of Francois GAGNE and Françoise POULIN.
Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE died 5 March 1798 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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