Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

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23 January 1783 , Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE Marie-Desanges TÉTRO (THÉTREAU)

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Born: 23 January 1783 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

Mother: Marie-Desanges TÉTRO (THÉTREAU)

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE , Marie-Angélique LAPORTE

Maternal grandparents: François TETREAU (TETREAULT) , Marie-Angélique MARTEL

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite STEBENNE 4 September 1810 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite STEBENNE was born 17 June 1782 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Marguerite was the child of Pierre STEBENNE and Marie-Suzanne DAVIGNON dite BEAUREGARD.

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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Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE married

Marguerite STEBENNE
Marriage date: 4 September 1810
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Marguerite STEBENNE was the child of Pierre STEBENNE and Marie-Suzanne DAVIGNON dite BEAUREGARD

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Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

Born: abt. 1815, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: David GUERTIN

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Birth — 1783
23 January 1783
Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

1810 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite STEBENNE 4 September 1810, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 27 years old.

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