François LAFLEUR dit POITEVIN

(b. abt. 1743 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 July 1774 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François LAFLEUR dit POITEVIN was born abt. 1743 in Québec Province, Canada

François LAFLEUR dit POITEVIN was the child of François POITEVIN dit LAFLEUR and Françoise GUERIN dite LENEUVILLE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Antoine GUÉRIN dit LANEUVILLE and Marie-Catherine DARDENNE

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François married Marie-Louise ROBIDOUX 7 January 1765 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise ROBIDOUX was born 30 June 1741 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit DESMOULINS and Louise ROBERT.

François LAFLEUR dit POITEVIN died 16 July 1774 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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