Guillaume VINET dit LARENTE

(b. abt. 1678 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 May 1741 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Guillaume VINET dit LARENTE was born abt. 1678 in Québec Province, Canada

Guillaume VINET dit LARENTE was the child of Barthélémy VINET dit LARENTE and Etiennette ALTON

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Guillaume married Françoise-Monique JEAN 4 February 1732 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . Françoise-Monique JEAN was born abt. 1680 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Françoise-Monique died 18 February 1758 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Françoise-Monique was the child of Denis JEAN dit DENIS and Marie PELLETIER.

Guillaume VINET dit LARENTE died 15 May 1741 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 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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