Leonard
FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR
(b.
abt. 1712
,
La Couronne, Charente, France
d.
24 December 1781
,
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Leonard FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR was born abt. 1712 in La Couronne, Charente, France
Leonard FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Leonard married Catherine ARBOUR 26 November 1736 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine ARBOUR was born 17 September 1716 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Catherine died 8 April 1795 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of François-Augustin ARBOUR and Madeleine PROULX.
Leonard FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR died 24 December 1781 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada.
son of Pierre Fonjamy and Penelle Lafond
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Occupation
Leonard FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR was a Meunier.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca
Leonard FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR was a Meunier.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca
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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