Genevieve
MARION dite FONTAINE
(b.
4 April 1780
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
12 March 1817
,
Beloeil, Lower Canada
)
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Genevieve MARION dite FONTAINE was born 4 April 1780 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve MARION dite FONTAINE was the child of Charles MARION dit FONTAINE and Marie-Geneviève BOURASSA and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MARION and Marie-Charlotte BOUCHER (maternal) Louis BOURASSA and Marie-Françoise BOUCHERGenevieve MARION dite FONTAINE died 12 March 1817 in Beloeil, Lower Canada .
m. Ledoux Joseph
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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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1780 Birth 4 April 1780
Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1817 Death 12 March 1817
Beloeil, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 36.
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