Pierre
LAMY dit DEFOND
(b.
30 March 1723
,
Sorel, Canada, New France
d.
8 March 1770
,
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND was born 30 March 1723 in Sorel, Canada, New France
Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND was the child of Louis LAMY dit DEFOND and Cécile PRUD'HOMME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND and Marie-Catherine BADAILLAC (maternal) François-Xavier PRUD'HOMME and Cecile GERVAISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE) 27 October 1750 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE) was born 11 December 1729 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth-Marguerite died 24 March 1792 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Elisabeth-Marguerite was the child of Claude COLLET and Marguerite FOUCHER.
Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND died 8 March 1770 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Pierre 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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