Jacques BÉÏQUE dit LAFLEUR

(b. abt. 1673 , France d. 25 September 1749 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )

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Jacques BÉÏQUE dit LAFLEUR was born abt. 1673 in France

Jacques BÉÏQUE dit LAFLEUR was the child of ? and ?

Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1702.

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

Jacques married Jeanne SERRAN 30 October 1702 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jeanne SERRAN was born 30 May 1686 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jeanne died 19 May 1756 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Jeanne was the child of Joseph SERRAN L'ESPAGNOL and Marguerite VIARD dite BOURBIER.

Jacques BÉÏQUE dit LAFLEUR died 25 September 1749 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* .

son of Charles Béïgue and Françoise DeCarrière

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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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