Pierre
LECOMPTE dit LAFLEUR
(b.
abt. 1680
,
Bretagne, France
d.
17 May 1759
,
Les Cèdres, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre LECOMPTE dit LAFLEUR was born abt. 1680 in Bretagne, France
Pierre LECOMPTE dit LAFLEUR was the child of ? and ?Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1708.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Suzanne CAPEL 3 September 1708 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Suzanne CAPEL was born 11 August 1694 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Suzanne died 17 February 1750 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Suzanne was the child of Jean CAPEL and Madeleine-Thérèse AUBRY.
Pierre LECOMPTE dit LAFLEUR died 17 May 1759 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France .
son of Pierre Lecompte and Marguerite LePrince
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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