Antoine FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE

(b. 26 September 1679 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 20 January 1703 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Antoine FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 26 September 1679 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Antoine FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE was the child of Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marguerite LAUZON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gilles LAUZON and Marie ARCHAMBAULT

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Antoine married Marie-Catherine JUILLET 15 August 1701 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Marie-Catherine JUILLET was born 1 April 1683 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Catherine died 22 March 1755 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Catherine was the child of Charles JUILLET and Catherine SAINTARD.

Antoine FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE died 20 January 1703 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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Marie-Catherine JUILLET-- Date: 15 August 1701 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine JUILLET was the child of Charles JUILLET and Catherine SAINTARD

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1679 Birth
26 September 1679
Montréal, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1701 Marriage / Partner
Antoine FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Catherine JUILLET 15 August 1701, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 21 years old.