Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME

(b. abt. 1805 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada

Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME was the child of Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME and Marie-Anne GODON (GANDON) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GABORIAULT dit LAPALME and Françoise LEBEAU (maternal) Julien GODON (GANDON) and Rose (Rosalie) JANOT

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

Prudent married Domithilde HEBERT dite LAMBERT 10 February 1829 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Domithilde HEBERT dite LAMBERT was born 8 June 1809 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Domithilde died 5 December 1841 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Domithilde was the child of Augustin HEBERT dit LAMBERT and Desanges BEAUDRY.

Prudent married (2) Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE 4 October 1852 in Beloeil, Canada East . Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE was born 16 August 1816 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Lucie died 30 September 1876 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Lucie was the child of Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE and Angélique BEAUDRY.

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.

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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