François
PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR
(b.
25 September 1709
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
27 March 1741
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
)
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François PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR was born 25 September 1709 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
François PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR was the child of Pierre PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Charlotte LECOURS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Anne LEPER (maternal) Michel LECOURS and Louise LEBLANCSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Elizabeth GERVAIS 9 January 1736 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . Elizabeth GERVAIS was born abt. 1716 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Elizabeth died 24 October 1737 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Elizabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS and Anne LEFEBVRE.
François PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR died 27 March 1741 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of François 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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