François
SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE
(b.
6 January 1737
,
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
d.
11 August 1807
,
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
)
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François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE was born 6 January 1737 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE was the child of Pierre SIMARD and Françoise MEUNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel SIMARD and Anne DODIER (maternal) François MEUNIER and Angélique JACOBSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Marie LAVOIE 3 November 1761 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie LAVOIE was born 10 September 1737 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie died 29 December 1818 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie was the child of Jacques LAVOIE and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY.
François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE died 11 August 1807 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of François 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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