Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE

(b. abt. 1682 , France d. 14 December 1759 , Chambly, Canada, New France )

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Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE was born abt. 1682 in France

Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE was the child of ? and ?

Guillaume was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1717.

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

Guillaume married Jeanne-Catherine BOIVIN 21 March 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne-Catherine BOIVIN was born 31 March 1699 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jeanne-Catherine died 15 May 1758 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Jeanne-Catherine was the child of Michel BOIVIN and Françoise LORRAIN.

Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE died 14 December 1759 in Chambly, Canada, New France .

son of Antoine Larocque and Anne Morel

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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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