Etienne
FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE
(b.
18 September 1687
,
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
d.
16 March 1688
,
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
)
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Etienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 18 September 1687 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Etienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE was the child of Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marguerite LAUZON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gilles LAUZON and Marie ARCHAMBAULTEtienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE died 16 March 1688 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, 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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1687 Birth 18 September 1687
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
1688 Death 16 March 1688
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
He died at the age of 0.
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