Amable married Cecile GEOFFROY
26 February 1810
in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada
.
The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile GEOFFROY
was born
9 December 1778
in
Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier).
Cecile died
27 May 1834
in
Ontario, Canada.
Cecile was the child of Jean-Baptiste GEOFFROY and Françoise MORNEAU.
Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died
26 October 1834
in Detroit, Michigan Territory.
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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.
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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Birth — 1781 6 July 1781 Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable
LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
Cecile GEOFFROY
Birth — 1781
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
1810 Marriage / Partner
Death — 1834
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