Charles
LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
5 December 1739
,
Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
d.
3 December 1800
,
Berthierville, Lower Canada
)
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Charles LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was born 5 December 1739 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Charles LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Etienne LESIEGE and Marie-Anne PARÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LESIEGE and Marguerite DE LAPLACE (maternal) Jean PARÉ and Marguerite PICARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles married Marie-Louise MONDOR dite LIENARD 8 April 1766 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MONDOR dite LIENARD was born 8 June 1750 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marie-Louise died 27 December 1791 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Francois LIENARD dit MONDOR and Ursule GAUVIN.
Charles LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE died 3 December 1800 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Charles 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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