Pierre
LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
3 September 1723
,
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
d.
9 January 1785
,
Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was born 3 September 1723 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Etienne LESIEGE and Marie-Françoise BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LESIEGE and Marguerite DE LAPLACE (maternal) François BERGERON and Étiennette LECLERCSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME 13 June 1757 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME was born 1 October 1727 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Francoise died 19 August 1788 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Francoise was the child of Joseph-Pierre HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marguerite PIETTE (PIET).
Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE died 9 January 1785 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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