Françoise
BLANCHET dite LAFOREST
(b.
16 October 1706
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
d.
24 June 1788
,
Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Françoise BLANCHET dite LAFOREST was born 16 October 1706 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Françoise BLANCHET dite LAFOREST was the child of Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST and Marie-Françoise HAREL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL and Marie-Madeleine PESCHERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Françoise married François-Robert PICHET dit DUPRÉ 7 January 1727 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
François-Robert PICHET dit DUPRÉ was born 27 May 1700 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). François-Robert died 16 May 1764 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). François-Robert was the child of Pierre PICHÉ dit DUPRÉ and Anne-Françoise SYLVESTRE.
Françoise BLANCHET dite LAFOREST died 24 June 1788 in Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Françoise 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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