Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE

(b. abt. 1698 , France d. , )

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Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE was born abt. 1698 in France

Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of ? and ?

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Etienne married Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE 8 June 1718 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 22 August 1696 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Barbe died 23 January 1772 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Marie-Barbe was the child of Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marguerite LAUZON.

son of Pierre Huyet and Marguerite Somé

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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