Louis
DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE
(b.
15 October 1712
,
Boucherville, Canada, New France
d.
20 June 1775
,
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE was born 15 October 1712 in Boucherville, Canada, New France
Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE was the child of Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Anne RICHARD (maternal) Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marie BOURGERIESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Marie-Françoise CHABOT 13 October 1749 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise CHABOT was born 17 April 1720 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise died 4 April 1760 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Françoise was the child of André CHABOT and Catherine BOULARD.
Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE died 20 June 1775 in Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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