Marie
LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE
(b.
20 August 1776
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
30 March 1846
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
)
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Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was born 20 August 1776 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was the child of David LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marguerite BONNEAU dite LABÉCASSE (maternal) François TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine PERRONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie married Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER 15 May 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER was born 30 November 1764 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 3 December 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre SAULNIER and Marie-Josephte LAVOIE.
Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE died 30 March 1846 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
m. Jean Baptiste Saulnier
15 mai 1801
Baie Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec
Canada
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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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