Joseph
DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
24 April 1766
,
Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 January 1802
,
Yamaska, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE was born 24 April 1766 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE was the child of François DUBORD dit FONTAINE and Marie-Josephe FOURNIER dite BELVAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Balthazar DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Josephe RIPAULT (maternal) Pierre FOURNIER dit BELVAL and Marie-Therese VEL dite SANSOUCYJoseph DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE died 21 January 1802 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .
m. Roque Agathe
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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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1766 Birth 24 April 1766
Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1802 Death 21 January 1802
Yamaska, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 35.
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