Michel
PENIN dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
20 May 1664
,
Vouille-les-marais, Vendee, France
d.
12 April 1741
,
Beaumont, Canada, New France
)
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Michel PENIN dit LAFONTAINE was born 20 May 1664 in Vouille-les-marais, Vendee, France
Michel PENIN dit LAFONTAINE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Marie-Louise MEUNIER dite LAFRAMBOISE 22 September 1704 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MEUNIER dite LAFRAMBOISE was born 31 August 1678 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marie-Louise died 6 December 1745 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Louise was the child of Julien MEUNIER dit LAFRAMBOISE and Louise FROC (FRO).
Michel PENIN dit LAFONTAINE died 12 April 1741 in Beaumont, Canada, New France .
son of Charles Penin and Jeanne Masse
Details of the family tree of Michel 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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