François
BENOIT dit LAFOREST
(b.
abt. 1710
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
6 February 1760
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
)
Age: 55
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François BENOIT dit LAFOREST was born abt. 1710 in Québec Province, Canada
François BENOIT dit LAFOREST was the child of Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON (maternal) Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE and Marie-Jeanne TRUDELSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Madeleine LAMPRON dite DESFOSSÉS 11 September 1741 in Nicolet, Canada, New France . Madeleine LAMPRON dite DESFOSSÉS was born 8 November 1704 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Madeleine died 27 January 1743 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAMPRON dit DESFOSSÉS and Madeleine GEOFFROY.
François married (2) Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERS 3 November 1743 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERS was born 30 August 1710 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Jeanne died 15 April 1791 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Pierre DESROSIERS and Marguerite-Marie AUBUCHON.
François BENOIT dit LAFOREST died 6 February 1760 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada .
Unable to locate baptism record. PRDH has no useful info on this. If baptism took place at Trois Rivieres (place of parent's marriage), then Drouin Collection has no record of it -- records for that timeframe are not in very good shape.
Marriage indicates parents. Death indicates approximate year of birth.
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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