Amable
FONTAINE dit BIENVENU
(b.
29 March 1778
,
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
15 May 1853
,
Saint-Hugues, Canada East
)
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Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 29 March 1778 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was the child of François FONTAINE and Marie-Françoise BÉRARD dite LEPINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin FONTAINE and Marie-Louise GUILLET (maternal) Michel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Françoise MEUNIER dite LAPIERRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Amable married Louise PATENAUDE 18 November 1799 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise PATENAUDE was born 24 October 1780 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Louise died 26 April 1870 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton). Louise was the child of François PATENAUDE and Marie-Louise GUILLET.
Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 15 May 1853 in Saint-Hugues, Canada East.
Details of the family tree of Amable appear below.
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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