Clement
PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
30 August 1711
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
25 January 1795
,
Montréal, Lower Canada
)
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Clement PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE was born 30 August 1711 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Clement PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Madeleine ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE and Denise LEMAITRE (maternal) Pierre ROY and Catherine DUCHARMESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Clement married Elisabeth SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY 3 November 1733 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elisabeth SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY was born 26 January 1715 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Elisabeth died 10 August 1785 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth was the child of Laurent SURPRENANT and Jeanne BEAUVAIS.
Clement PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE died 25 January 1795 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Clement 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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