Étienne
DUMONT dit LAFLEUR
(b.
10 November 1763
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
,
)
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Étienne DUMONT dit LAFLEUR was born 10 November 1763 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Étienne DUMONT dit LAFLEUR was the child of Étienne DUMONT dit LAFLEUR and Ursule FILTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien DUMONT dit LAFLEUR and Louise-Françoise GUICHARD BIZEU (BIZUT) dite LAROSE (maternal) Joseph FILTEAU and Josephte BIGOTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Étienne married Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR 16 April 1787 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR was born 4 April 1768 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Anne died 1 December 1790 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE.
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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