Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE

(b. abt. 1746 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE was born abt. 1746 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE and Marie-Veronique LEBEAU dite LALOUETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LAPORTE and Marie-Louise CHEFDEVERGUE dite LAROSE (maternal) Mathurin LEBEAU and Marie LESIEUR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Angélique-Marie-Amable DUPRÉ abt. 1765 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique-Marie-Amable DUPRÉ was born 21 June 1750 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Angélique-Marie-Amable was the child of François DUPRÉ dit MIKINAC and Marie-Josephe ALLAIRE.

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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