François-Léonard DUFAULT dit LAMARCHE MOREAU

(b. abt. 1683 , France d. 10 October 1751 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* )

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François-Léonard DUFAULT dit LAMARCHE MOREAU was born abt. 1683 in France

François-Léonard DUFAULT dit LAMARCHE MOREAU was the child of ? and ?

François-Léonard was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1728.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

François-Léonard married Jeanne ROBERT 5 June 1728 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jeanne ROBERT was born 15 December 1708 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Jeanne died 16 December 1782 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Jeanne was the child of Andre ROBERT dit BRETON and Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA).

François-Léonard DUFAULT dit LAMARCHE MOREAU died 10 October 1751 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* .

son of Noël Dufaut and Françoise DuVivier

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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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