Jean
LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE
(b.
abt. 1669
,
Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saintonge, France
d.
5 July 1724
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
)
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Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE was born abt. 1669 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saintonge, France
Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE was the child of ? and ?Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1696.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU 21 November 1696 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU was born abt. 1655 in Saint-Sulpice, Paris, Seine, France. Marguerite-Françoise died 16 October 1718 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).
Jean married (2) Marguerite BOURGERIE (BOURGERY) 14 August 1719 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite BOURGERIE (BOURGERY) was born 31 January 1681 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marguerite was the child of Pierre BOURGERIE (BOURGERY) and Marie BOUTARD.
Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE died 5 July 1724 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
son of Isaac Lefort and Anne Thibault
Details of the family tree of Jean 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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