François
PETIT dit LAPRE
(b.
22 September 1748
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
d.
19 March 1813
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
)
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François PETIT dit LAPRE was born 22 September 1748 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
François PETIT dit LAPRE was the child of Joseph PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Geneviève LEMAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis PETIT and Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Louis LEMAIRE and Geneviève HÉBERT dite LAROSESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Marie-Anne PHANEUF 11 November 1776 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PHANEUF was born 11 February 1759 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Anne was the child of Paul PHANEUF and Marie-Anne BLAIS.
François PETIT dit LAPRE died 19 March 1813 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of François 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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