Gilles LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT

(b. abt. 1672 , France d. , )

Am I Your Ancestor?
LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Gilles LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT was born abt. 1672 in France

Gilles LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT was the child of ? and ?

Gilles was an immigrant, arriving by 1691.

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

Gilles married Anne LABRECQUE 24 January 1691 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Anne LABRECQUE was born 8 January 1666 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Anne died 19 March 1752 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Anne was the child of Pierre LABRECQUE and Jeanne CHOTARD.

son of Simon Laurent and Francoise ?

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)

Find out more about Gilles LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT.