Charles
MELANSON dit LAVERDURE
(b.
14 December 1642
,
St-Martin in the Fields, Londres, England
d.
abt. 1700
,
Port Royal, Acadia
)
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Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE was born 14 December 1642 in St-Martin in the Fields, Londres, England
Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE was the child of ? and ?Charles was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1657.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles married Marie DUGAS abt. 1663 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marie DUGAS was born abt. 1648 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died 7 July 1737 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie was the child of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET.
Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE died abt. 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia .
son of Pierre-Peter Laverdure and Priscilla Melançon
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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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