Jacques Hughes (Hugues)
PICARD dit LAFORTUNE
(b.
abt. 1627
,
St-Colombin du Pont-James, Nantes, Bretagne, France
d.
22 December 1707
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
)
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Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE was born abt. 1627 in St-Colombin du Pont-James, Nantes, Bretagne, France
Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE was the child of ? and ?Jacques Hughes (Hugues) was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1660.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jacques Hughes (Hugues) married Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT 30 June 1660 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT was born abt. 1633 in Ste-Marguerite, Beauvais, Picardie, Oise, France. Marie-Anne-Antoinette died 30 September 1707 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).
Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE died 22 December 1707 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Gabriel Picard and Michelle Clavier
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Occupation
Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE was a Scieur de long.
Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE was a Scieur de long.
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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