Louis LAMY dit DEFOND

(b. 29 August 1690 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 24 September 1748 , Sorel, Canada, New France )

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Louis LAMY dit DEFOND was born 29 August 1690 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Louis LAMY dit DEFOND was the child of Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND and Marie-Catherine BADAILLAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Isaac LAMY and Marie-Madeleine DE CHEVRAINVILLE dite LAFONTAINE (maternal) Louis BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC) and Catherine DE LALORE

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Louis married Cécile PRUD'HOMME 18 January 1718 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Cécile PRUD'HOMME was born 25 February 1689 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cécile died 18 July 1777 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cécile was the child of François-Xavier PRUD'HOMME and Cecile GERVAIS.

Louis LAMY dit DEFOND died 24 September 1748 in Sorel, Canada, New France .
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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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