Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME

(b. abt. 1739 , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 November 1801 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was born abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Louise POULIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Marie-Madeleine CHAMBERLAND (maternal) Jean POULIN and Marie GAGNÉ

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

Joseph married Louise HURET dite ROCHEFORT 19 January 1761 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise HURET dite ROCHEFORT was born 21 March 1742 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Louise died 26 March 1830 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste HURET (LURET) dit ROCHEFORT and Françoise METIVIER.

Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME died 6 November 1801 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada .
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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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