Paul-Damase
FONTAINE dit BIENVENU
(b.
23 August 1806
,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
d.
5 April 1870
,
Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada
)
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Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 23 August 1806 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was the child of Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Louise PATENAUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François FONTAINE and Marie-Françoise BÉRARD dite LEPINE (maternal) François PATENAUDE and Marie-Louise GUILLETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Paul-Damase married Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN 9 February 1830 in Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN was born 15 January 1805 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Geneviève-Marie died 22 April 1876 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton).
Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 5 April 1870 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, 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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