Pierre
ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
19 August 1671
,
Boucherville, Canada, New France
d.
abt. 1716
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
)
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Pierre ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE was born 19 August 1671 in Boucherville, Canada, New France
Pierre ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marie BOURGERIE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOURGERIE (BOURGERY) and Marie GENDRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Angélique PTOLOMEE 27 January 1698 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Angélique PTOLOMEE was born 18 September 1679 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Angélique died 5 June 1744 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Angélique was the child of Charles PTOLOMEE and Madeleine MOISON.
Pierre ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE died abt. 1716 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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