Marie-Anne BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

(b. abt. 1741 , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 March 1817 , Chambly, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne BONNIER dite LAPLANTE was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne BONNIER dite LAPLANTE was the child of Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Madeleine GALIPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE LAFRAMBOISE and Thérèse-Geneviève MIGNERON (maternal) Antoine GALIPEAU and Françoise CAMBIN

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

Marie-Anne married Alexis-Louis BROUILLET 7 November 1763 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis-Louis BROUILLET was born 10 February 1740 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Alexis-Louis died 31 December 1817 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Alexis-Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET and Marie-Thérèse LORION.

Marie-Anne BONNIER dite LAPLANTE died 25 March 1817 in Chambly, Lower Canada .
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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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