Jean-Baptiste
TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE
(b.
abt. 1676
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
2 February 1732
,
Lotbinière, Canada, New France
)
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Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE was born abt. 1676 in Québec Province, Canada
Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE was the child of Pierre TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Madeleine PHILIPPE (PHILLIPPE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Thérèse-Anne HAMEL abt. 1715 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Thérèse-Anne HAMEL was born abt. 1689 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thérèse-Anne died 14 March 1737 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Thérèse-Anne was the child of Jean HAMEL and Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE.
Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE died 2 February 1732 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France .
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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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