Guillaume
ALBERT dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
22 April 1635
,
Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
d.
15 December 1708
,
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
)
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Guillaume ALBERT dit LAFONTAINE was born 22 April 1635 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
Guillaume ALBERT dit LAFONTAINE was the child of ? and ?Guillaume was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1664.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Guillaume married Elisabeth HALAY 25 August 1664 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elisabeth HALAY was born abt. 1647 in France. Elisabeth died 9 August 1726 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Elisabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste HALAY (HALLÉ) and Mathurine VALET.
Guillaume ALBERT dit LAFONTAINE died 15 December 1708 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France .
son of Francois Albert and Thomasse Gabaret
Details of the family tree of Guillaume 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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