Jean-Baptiste-Antoine
PION dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
5 June 1762
,
Verchères, Canada
d.
5 July 1830
,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 5 June 1762 in Verchères, Canada
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise SAVARIA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PION dit LAFONTAINE and Louise-Angélique TÉTREAU (TÉTREAULT) (maternal) Joseph SAVARIA and Rosalie JOURDAINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine married Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS 29 September 1779 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS was born 20 June 1759 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Madeleine died 13 February 1796 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET.
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE died 5 July 1830 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .
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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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