François BOULARD dit CAMBRAI

(b. abt. 1650 , France d. 9 May 1706 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France )

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François BOULARD dit CAMBRAI was born abt. 1650 in France

François BOULARD dit CAMBRAI was the child of ? and ?

François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1675.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Françoise LAUZON 20 November 1675 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Françoise LAUZON was born 22 April 1662 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Françoise died 21 February 1744 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Françoise was the child of Gilles LAUZON and Marie ARCHAMBAULT.

François BOULARD dit CAMBRAI died 9 May 1706 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Claude Boulard and Marguerite Heque

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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.

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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