Jean-Baptiste
LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST
(b.
abt. 1767
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
6 August 1837
,
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST was born abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada
Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST was the child of Unknown UNKNOWN and Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph LAFOREST and Barbe BOUCHARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine FORTIN 31 July 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Madeleine FORTIN was born 7 January 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Madeleine died 21 October 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Madeleine was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY.
Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST died 6 August 1837 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada.
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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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