Jean-Baptiste
ROBERT dit FONTAINE
(b.
1 December 1740
,
Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
d.
22 April 1805
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit FONTAINE was born 1 December 1740 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit FONTAINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite ÉTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Geneviève BRÉBANT dite LECOMPTE (maternal) René ÉTHIER and Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Angélique VIGNEAULT 23 February 1767 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique VIGNEAULT was born 29 June 1747 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Angélique died 18 July 1796 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Nicolas VIGNEAULT and Angélique LAPORTE.
Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit FONTAINE died 22 April 1805 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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