Antoine
ROBERT dit FONTAINE
(b.
3 May 1726
,
Boucherville, Canada, New France
d.
19 January 1795
,
Boucherville, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine ROBERT dit FONTAINE was born 3 May 1726 in Boucherville, Canada, New France
Antoine ROBERT dit FONTAINE was the child of Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Charlotte BOURDON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marie BOURGERIE (maternal) Jacques BOURDON and Marie-Louise MENARD dite LAFONTAINESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Josephte DELIERE (DESLIERES) dite BONVOULOIR 31 January 1752 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Josephte DELIERE (DESLIERES) dite BONVOULOIR was born 5 April 1725 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Josephte was the child of Julien DELIERE (DESLIERES) dit BONVOULOIR and Marie-Marthe DARAGON.
Antoine ROBERT dit FONTAINE died 19 January 1795 in Boucherville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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