Antoine THUNAY dit DUFRESNE

(b. abt. 1679 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 December 1746 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Antoine THUNAY dit DUFRESNE was born abt. 1679 in Québec Province, Canada

Antoine THUNAY dit DUFRESNE was the child of Pierre-Felix THUNAY (TUNÉ) dit DUFRESNE and Elisabeth LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre-Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Jeanne AUNEAU (AUNOIS)

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Antoine married Marie-Angélique ROY 6 June 1713 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angélique ROY was born 16 April 1694 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Angélique died 21 April 1758 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Angélique was the child of Jean ROY and Marie-Anne BOUCHARD.

Antoine THUNAY dit DUFRESNE died 27 December 1746 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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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 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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