Abraham
LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON
(b.
31 March 1786
,
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
18 May 1852
,
La Baie, Canada East
)
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Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON was born 31 March 1786 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON was the child of Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON and Marie-Josephte ASSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Henri LEBRETON and Marie-Agnes LARCHEVEQUE (maternal) Gabriel ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Marie-Anne PELLETIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abraham married Angélique MERCIER abt. 1812 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique MERCIER was born 24 July 1786 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Angélique died 21 March 1863 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Angélique was the child of Michel MERCIER and Genevieve LACROIX.
Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON died 18 May 1852 in La Baie, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Abraham 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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