Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE

Born

28 August 1781 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 August 1843 , L'Acadie, Canada East

Parents & Family of Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE

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Born: 28 August 1781 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE

Father

Joseph GUERIN

Mother

Marie-Anne TRUDEAU

Grandparents of Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE

Paternal grandparents

Jacques GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE Marie-Louise LAFETIERE dite JASMIN

Maternal grandparents

Toussaint TRUDEAU Michelle DUBUC

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

Joseph married Apolline-Pauline DUMAS 26 October 1801 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Apolline-Pauline DUMAS was born 27 November 1777 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Apolline-Pauline was the child of Etienne-Joseph DUMAS and Marie-Josephte PIEDALUE.

Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE died 6 August 1843 in L'Acadie, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE

Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE married

Apolline-Pauline DUMAS
Marriage date: 26 October 1801
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Apolline-Pauline DUMAS was the child of Etienne-Joseph DUMAS and Marie-Josephte PIEDALUE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Apolline-Pauline DUMAS

Josette GUERIN

Born: abt. 1801, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre GODIN 26 November 1821 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1781
28 August 1781
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Apolline-Pauline DUMAS 26 October 1801, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 20 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England