Marie-Anne
GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE
(b.
16 October 1740
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
18 May 1821
,
La Prairie, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Anne GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE was born 16 October 1740 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Ange GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Anne LEBER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Jeanne CUSSON (maternal) François LEBER and Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Anne married François BROSSEAU 13 October 1760 in La Prairie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
François BROSSEAU was born 21 January 1734 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François died 23 June 1812 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François was the child of Pierre BROSSEAU and Marie-Jeanne MOQUIN.
Marie-Anne GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE died 18 May 1821 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Anne 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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