Gabriel
BENOIT dit LAFOREST
(b.
abt. 1636
,
St-Prix, Montmorency, Paris, France
d.
27 October 1686
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
)
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Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST was born abt. 1636 in St-Prix, Montmorency, Paris, France
Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST was the child of ? and ?Gabriel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1665.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gabriel married Marie-Anne GUÉDON 26 October 1665 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Anne GUÉDON was born abt. 1640 in Magny-en-Vexin, Pontoise, France. Marie-Anne died 22 March 1732 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche).
Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST died 27 October 1686 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
Son of Claude Benoit and Anne Fontaine
Look for this family in Laforest Volume XXVII
Details of the family tree of Gabriel 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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