Prudent BOUGRET dit DUFORT

(b. 9 April 1641 , France d. 12 November 1708 , Boucherville, Canada, New France )

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Prudent BOUGRET dit DUFORT was born 9 April 1641 in France

Prudent BOUGRET dit DUFORT was the child of ? and ?

Prudent was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1673.

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

Prudent married Marie-Charlotte ETIENNE 19 October 1673 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Charlotte ETIENNE was born 2 February 1656 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Charlotte died 23 December 1731 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Philippe ETIENNE dit DURIVAGE and Marie VIEN (VIENS).

Prudent BOUGRET dit DUFORT died 12 November 1708 in Boucherville, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Bougret and Catherine Guerin

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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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