Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE

(b. abt. 1647 , France d. 15 January 1697 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )

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Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE was born abt. 1647 in France

Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE was the child of ? and ?

Charles was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

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

Charles married Françoise LAFOND 11 October 1671 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Françoise LAFOND was born 8 July 1658 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Françoise died 2 October 1717 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Françoise was the child of Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN and Marie BOUCHER.

Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE died 15 January 1697 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .

son of Julien Lesieur and Catherine Lesachee

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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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