Jean DURAND dit LAFORTUNE

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abt. 1636 , France

Died

abt. 1672 , Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1636 in France

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1662.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jean married Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA) 26 September 1662 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA) was born 3 June 1649 in Huron Mission, Pays d’en Haut, Canada. Catherine Anne died 11 January 1709 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Catherine Anne was the child of Nicolas ARENDANKI and Jeanne OTRIHOUANDIT (OBRIH8ANDET).

Jean DURAND dit LAFORTUNE died abt. 1672 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Louis Durand and Madeleine Malvande

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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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Jean DURAND dit LAFORTUNE married

Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA)
Marriage date: 26 September 1662
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA) was the child of Nicolas ARENDANKI and Jeanne OTRIHOUANDIT (OBRIH8ANDET)

Children of Jean DURAND dit LAFORTUNE and Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA)

Marie-Catherine DURAND

Born: 4 June 1666, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 November 1708, Batiscan, Canada, New France

Married: Mathurin CADOT dit POITEVIN 31 July 1688 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Ignace DURAND

Born: abt. 1669, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 November 1697, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Catherine MIVILLE 24 February 1691 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis DURAND

Born: 13 November 1670, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: June 1740, Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Married: Elisabeth-Agnes MICHEL dite TAILLON 9 September 1698 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Married: Jeanne HOUDE 20 January 1719 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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DURAND - Said of someone who comes from (Le) Durand, one of the several localities of this name in France, or nickname given to someone who has strength, courage and endurance, from the Latin name 'Durandum' which means vigorous, obstinate, enduring.

Jean Durand was born around 1636 in Deuil in Saintonge, France. Son of Louis Durand and Madeleine Malvaude, he married an Amerindian, Catherine Anenontha, daughter of Nicolas Arendanki and Jeanne Otrihouandit, on September 26, 1662 in Quebec. From their union were born 3 children. He arrived in the country in 1657. He settled in Cap-Rouge in November 1660. In 1667, he owned 13 acres of land in value. He is the ferryman of the Cap-Rouge river, manufacturer of planks (parts of the framework of a ship), fisherman, and farmer. He died before July 12, 1671. His widow remarried on June 28, 1672 with Jacques Couturier.
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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1662 Marriage / Partner
Jean DURAND dit LAFORTUNE and Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA) 26 September 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine DURAND was born 4 June 1666, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1670 Birth of Child
Louis DURAND was born 13 November 1670, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

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