immigrant flag male ancestor  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.
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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

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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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Origin of Surname
ALBERT
(German.) All bright or famous; beort or bert, signifies famous, fair, and clear, bright; so Sebert and Ethelbert were sometimes written Se bright and Ethel bright. All, Eal and AEl, in old English and Saxon compound names, have the same signification as the English All, as Al-dred, Al-win, etc.
An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names - By William Arthur - 1857.
birth1635 Birth
22 April 1635
Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
marriage1664 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume ALBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Elisabeth HALAY 25 August 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 29 years old.
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1668 Birth of Child
Barbe-Charlotte ALBERT was born 5 October 1668, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 33 years old.
1671 Birth of Child
Louise-Charlotte ALBERT was born 26 June 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 36 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Louise ALBERT was born 24 January 1676, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Guillaume was 40 years old.
marriage1687 Marriage of Child
Barbe-Charlotte ALBERT married 10 June 1687, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to André JORIAN
1690 Birth of Child
François ALBERT was born 21 May 1690, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Guillaume was 55 years old.
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Louise ALBERT married 23 November 1694, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Michel GUAY
marriage1695 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Louise ALBERT married 1 November 1695, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Pierre PLASSANT
marriage1695 Marriage of Child
Louise-Charlotte ALBERT married 1 November 1695, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Pierre PLASSAN
Invention 1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)
marriage1704 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise ALBERT married 18 May 1704, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Jean MOSNY (MAUNY)
death1708 Death
15 December 1708
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 73.
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