Ambroise
LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES
(b.
24 September 1775
,
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
5 May 1850
,
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
)
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Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 24 September 1775 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was the child of Louis LAPORTE and Angelique GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Antoinette CUSSON (maternal) Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Marie-Angélique LACASSESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Ambroise married Marie-Desanges FOREST 24 February 1800 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Desanges FOREST was born 4 June 1784 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Desanges died 9 March 1839 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Marie-Desanges was the child of Simon FOREST and Rosalie RICHARD.
Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died 5 May 1850 in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Ambroise 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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