Catherine BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE

(b. abt. 1735 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Catherine BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE was the child of Charles BANLIAC dit LAMONTAGNE and Madeleine LEMAÎTRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BANLIAC dit LAMONTAGNE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER dite ANTAYA (maternal) Jean LEMAÎTRE and Catherine-Michelle GODEFROY

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Catherine married Louis GERLAISE (DESJARLAIS) 25 August 1755 in Louiseville, Canada, New France . Louis GERLAISE (DESJARLAIS) was born 10 November 1730 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Louis died 13 May 1798 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Louis was the child of Jean-François GERLAISE dit DESJARLAIS and Marie-Catherine AUBERT.

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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