Pierre
LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE
(b.
13 July 1744
,
Contrecœur, Canada, New France
d.
10 April 1820
,
Contrecœur, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE was born 13 July 1744 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Pierre LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Ursule FOURNIER dite BELVAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL (maternal) Pierre FOURNIER and Marie ANCELINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Cécile DUMAS 13 February 1770 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Cécile DUMAS was born 21 January 1747 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Cécile died 25 February 1824 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Cécile was the child of Charles DUMAS and Ursule GODIN.
Pierre LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE died 10 April 1820 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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