Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN (6 January 1647-aft. 22 February 1688) Généalogie Québec

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Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN

(b. 6 January 1647 , France d. aft. 22 February 1688 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France )

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Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN was born 6 January 1647 in France. Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN was the child of ? and ?

Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1681.

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine MARTIN 1 February 1681 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Madeleine MARTIN was born 13 September 1640 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Madeleine died 22 February 1688 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Madeleine was the child of Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS and Marguerite-Geneviève LANGLOIS.

Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN died aft. 22 February 1688 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France .

Son of Jean Fonteneau and Marguerite Salubois

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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 MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - Did you know? An older French Canadian man may kiss the hand of a woman. Accept this gesture graciously. A foreign man shouldn't kiss the hand of a French Canadian woman, who would be quite shocked.

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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN

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Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN married

Madeleine MARTIN-- Date: 1 February 1681 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).

Madeleine MARTIN was the child of Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS and Marguerite-Geneviève LANGLOIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN and Madeleine MARTIN:

Madeleine FONTENEAU (b.14 February 1682 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. , )

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1647 Birth
6 January 1647
, France

1681 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN and Madeleine MARTIN 1 February 1681, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de La Chenaye
Jean Baptiste Fonteneau, menuisier, 30
Madeleine Martin, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Jacques, 19
Louis, 11
Jean, 9
Guillaume, 7
Jean Baptiste, 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882