Antoine
LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE
(b.
6 June 1721
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
d.
27 March 1802
,
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was born 6 June 1721 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAFOREST and Marie-Charlotte GODIN (maternal) Joseph RANCOURT and Marie PARENTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Marguerite MARTEL 13 November 1742 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite MARTEL was born 7 July 1725 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite died 12 August 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Anne SIMARD.
Antoine married (2) Marguerite-Euphrosine POITRAS 26 January 1767 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite-Euphrosine POITRAS was born 22 June 1742 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marguerite-Euphrosine died 18 March 1816 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marguerite-Euphrosine was the child of Jacques POITRAS and Marie-Anne GAGNE.
Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE died 27 March 1802 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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