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Marie-Amable MAURICE dite LAFANTASIE was born 22 July 1744 in Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Amable MAURICE dite LAFANTASIE was the child of Charles-Marie MAURICE and Catherine CARDINAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE and Marie-Madeleine DUMOCHEL (maternal) Jacques CARDINAL and Claude-Louise ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Amable married Pierre DESROCHERS dit LAFLEUR 26 January 1761 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DESROCHERS dit LAFLEUR was born 27 July 1735 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 30 July 1825 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois). Pierre was the child of François LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Geneviève RENAUD dite LANGLAIS.
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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