Pierre
LAFOND dit MONGRAIN
(b.
24 April 1655
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
d.
7 January 1721
,
Batiscan, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was born 24 April 1655 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was the child of Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN and Marie BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gaspard BOUCHER and Nicole LEMAIRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Madeleine RIVARD 10 January 1677 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Madeleine RIVARD was born abt. 1663 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Madeleine died 11 March 1737 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Catherine-Isabelle ST-PERE.
Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN died 7 January 1721 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .
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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