Jean-Antoine
MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE
(b.
23 September 1682
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
20 January 1733
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
)
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Jean-Antoine MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE was born 23 September 1682 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Jean-Antoine MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE was the child of Jean MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie MOITIÉSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Antoine married Marie-Louise LECOMPTE 19 March 1718 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LECOMPTE was born 29 May 1697 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise died 18 January 1780 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ and Marie-Catherine ST GEORGE DE ROLLAND.
Jean-Antoine MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE died 20 January 1733 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of Jean-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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