Françoise
MARION dite FONTAINE
(b.
18 January 1731
,
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
d.
11 April 1763
,
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE was born 18 January 1731 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE was the child of François MARION and Marie-Charlotte BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Georges-Guillaume MARION dit FONTAINE and Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) (maternal) Denis BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Jeanne MIVILLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Françoise married Louis-Jacques ROUSSEAU 14 October 1745 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . Louis-Jacques ROUSSEAU was born 28 January 1723 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Louis-Jacques died 28 December 1797 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Louis-Jacques was the child of Michel ROUSSEAU and Marie-Madeleine COCHU.
Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE died 11 April 1763 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada .
m. Louis Jacques Rousseau
14 October 1745
St-Nicolas
Details of the family tree of Françoise 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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