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 GERVAIS

Spouse(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 .
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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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Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND married

Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE)-- Date: 27 October 1750 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE) was the child of Claude COLLET and Marguerite FOUCHER

Children of Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND and Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE):

Louis LAMY dit DEFOND (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 November 1833, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE 24 October 1791 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND (b.14 February 1761, Montréal, Canada d. 22 April 1835, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie JOLY dit LAFOREST 23 April 1781 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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1723 Birth
30 March 1723
Sorel, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND and Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE) 27 October 1750, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND was born 14 February 1761, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 37 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.