Marguerite
ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE
(b.
9 June 1683
,
Boucherville, Canada, New France
d.
18 December 1766
,
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE was born 9 June 1683 in Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marie BOURGERIE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOURGERIE (BOURGERY) and Marie GENDRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Pierre DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) 6 November 1702 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Pierre DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) was born 28 June 1676 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Pierre died 4 April 1723 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Anne RICHARD.
Marguerite married (2) Charles DIEL 9 September 1732 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . Charles DIEL was born 5 August 1688 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Charles died 20 June 1734 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Charles was the child of Charles DIEL and Marie-Anne PICARD.
Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE died 18 December 1766 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marguerite 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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