Pierre
LAFOND dit MONGRAIN
(b.
9 December 1704
,
Batiscan, Canada, New France
d.
15 February 1778
,
Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was born 9 December 1704 in Batiscan, Canada, New France
Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was the child of Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Madeleine RIVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN and Marie BOUCHER (maternal) Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Catherine-Isabelle ST-PERESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Catherine TROTTIER 6 August 1736 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Catherine TROTTIER was born 1 April 1714 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Catherine died 15 May 1758 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Catherine was the child of Augustin TROTTIER and Angélique-Marie LEFEBVRE.
Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN died 15 February 1778 in Batiscan, 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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