Leon LALONDE dit LÉANDRE

(b. 25 April 1820 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 7 April 1897 , Notre-Dame-De-La-Salette, Québec, Canada )

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Leon LALONDE dit LÉANDRE was born 25 April 1820 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Leon LALONDE dit LÉANDRE was the child of Joseph LALONDE and Charlotte GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LALONDE and Elisabeth PRIEUR dite ST-LEGER (maternal) François GOULET and Marie-Louise LANGELIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Leon married Adelaide SAUVÉ 1 June 1840 in Perth, St-John, Lamark, Upper Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Adelaide SAUVÉ was born 26 September 1819 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Adelaide died 7 April 1897 in Notre-Dame-De-La-Salette, Québec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAUVE and Thérèse MARTIN.

Leon LALONDE dit LÉANDRE died 7 April 1897 in Notre-Dame-De-La-Salette, 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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