Catherine
LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST
(b.
8 November 1763
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
6 June 1837
,
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
)
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Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST was born 8 November 1763 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST was the child of Unknown UNKNOWN and Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph LAFOREST and Barbe BOUCHARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Catherine married Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY 25 January 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY was born 22 January 1763 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jacques-Vincent-Athanase died 28 June 1843 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Jacques-Vincent-Athanase was the child of Charles TREMBLAY and Felicite DUCHESNE.
Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST died 6 June 1837 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Catherine 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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