Louis
GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
14 September 1733
,
Saint-Constant, Canada, New France
d.
29 June 1799
,
La Prairie, Lower Canada
)
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Louis GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE was born 14 September 1733 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France
Louis GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Catherine BOURDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Jeanne CUSSON (maternal) Pierre BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) and Marguerite LEFEBVRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Louise ROBIDOUX 14 February 1757 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louise ROBIDOUX was born 6 March 1739 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Louise died 30 September 1765 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and Marie-Jeanne DIEL.
Louis married (2) Marie-Louise-Amable RIEL 15 September 1766 in Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Louise-Amable RIEL was born 9 March 1738 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise-Amable died 3 January 1824 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Marie-Louise-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Louise-Marguerite FRAPPIER.
Louis GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE died 29 June 1799 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Louis 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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