François PRUD'HOMME dit FALLY

(b. abt. 1717 , France d. 27 December 1767 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François PRUD'HOMME dit FALLY was born abt. 1717 in France

François PRUD'HOMME dit FALLY was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Geneviève DANIEL 10 April 1747 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève DANIEL was born 26 May 1722 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Geneviève died 13 December 1786 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Daniel THOMAS and Suzanne LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER.

François PRUD'HOMME dit FALLY died 27 December 1767 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada.

son of Louis Prud'homme and Marguerite Guédon

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Occupation

François PRUD'HOMME dit FALLY was a faux sauniers (salt smuggler) deported to Nouvelle-France after 1730.
Historically, a saunier, or salt manufacturer, harvested salt in salt marshes. In New France, however, a saunier was a salt merchant. Because of the high taxes levied on salt in France, especially the gabelle, salt merchants faced intense competition from faux-sauniers, traders dealing in contraband. These traffickers traded in salt without paying the tax.

Hundreds of convicted salt traffickers in France were deported to the colony of New France in the 18th century to work as labourers. It's a little known fact that these salt smugglers made a significant contribution to the settlement of Canada.
Source: tfcq.ca

The Salty Tales of 18th Century New France: Life as a Saunier

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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