Cecile
BERNARD dite FONTAINE
(b.
30 December 1751
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
d.
13 February 1777
,
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Cecile BERNARD dite FONTAINE was born 30 December 1751 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Cecile BERNARD dite FONTAINE was the child of Charles-François BERNARD dit FONTAINE and Cecile SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Catherine-Marguerite FORTINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Cecile married Pierre-Honore TREMBLAY 12 February 1771 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Pierre-Honore TREMBLAY was born 7 September 1747 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Pierre-Honore died 30 August 1800 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Pierre-Honore was the child of Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY and Jeanne-Anne VÉZINA.
Cecile BERNARD dite FONTAINE died 13 February 1777 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Cecile 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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