Étienne
LAFOND dit PEPIN
(b.
abt. 1615
,
St-Laurent de la Barriere, Saintonge, France
d.
15 September 1665
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
)
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Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN was born abt. 1615 in St-Laurent de la Barriere, Saintonge, France
Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN was the child of ? and ?Étienne was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1642.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Étienne married Marie BOUCHER 30 January 1645 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie BOUCHER was born 22 January 1629 in Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche). Marie died 29 November 1706 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie was the child of Gaspard BOUCHER and Nicole LEMAIRE.
Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN died 15 September 1665 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
son of Pierre Lafond and Francoise Prieur
Details of the family tree of Étienne appear below.
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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