Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST

(b. abt. 1643 , France d. 3 December 1708 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )

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Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST was born abt. 1643 in France

Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST was the child of ? and ?

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1696.

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

Pierre married Marie-Françoise HAREL 4 July 1696 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Françoise HAREL was born 22 April 1678 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Françoise died 13 November 1756 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Françoise was the child of Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL and Marie-Madeleine PESCHER.

Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST died 3 December 1708 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .

son of René Blanchet and Jeanne Marié

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Occupation

Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST was a Meunier.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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