Jean MOREAU dit LAPORTE

(b. abt. 1640 , France d. 4 February 1711 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )

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Jean MOREAU dit LAPORTE was born abt. 1640 in France

Jean MOREAU dit LAPORTE was the child of ? and ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1667.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Anne GUILLET 26 June 1667 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Anne GUILLET was born 24 September 1654 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Anne died 19 November 1726 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Anne was the child of Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Jeanne ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX.

Jean MOREAU dit LAPORTE died 4 February 1711 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Moreau and Francoise Menarde

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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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