Jean-Baptiste LETARD dit ST-ONGE

(b. 17 May 1760 , Boucherville, Canada d. , )

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Jean-Baptiste LETARD dit ST-ONGE was born 17 May 1760 in Boucherville, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LETARD dit ST-ONGE was the child of Joseph LETARD dit ST-ONGE and Madeleine DAVID and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LETARD dit ST-ONGE and Marthe HEROUX dite BOURGAINVILLE (maternal) Joseph DAVID and Marie MOINEAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS 25 November 1782 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS was born 17 November 1753 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Louise died 23 September 1796 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Anne-Jeanne LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC.

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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