Ambroise
LEFEBVRE dit PIATANE
(b.
7 December 1774
,
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
30 October 1861
,
Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East
)
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Ambroise LEFEBVRE dit PIATANE was born 7 December 1774 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Ambroise LEFEBVRE dit PIATANE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Ambroise married Louise ETHIER 26 November 1798 in Oka, Lower Canada . Louise ETHIER was born 19 September 1778 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Louise died 28 July 1815 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Simon ETHIER and Marie-Charlotte PROULX.
Ambroise LEFEBVRE dit PIATANE died 30 October 1861 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East.
son of Pierre Lefebvre
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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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