Thérèse
LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD
(b.
16 March 1741
,
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
d.
28 October 1811
,
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
)
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Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD was born 16 March 1741 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD was the child of Charles-François BERNARD dit FONTAINE and Charlotte BERTHELOT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques BERTHELOT and Marguerite PARENTEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thérèse married Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD 5 February 1759 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD was born 8 November 1731 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Alexis was the child of François MARQUET CHEVALIER PÉRIGORD and Marie-Louise GALARNEAU.
Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD died 28 October 1811 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Thérèse 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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