Jean Baptiste
LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE
(b.
abt. 1761
,
Acadie
d.
19 April 1818
,
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE was born abt. 1761 in Acadie
Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE was the child of Olivier LEGER and Marie Josephte HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Anne AMIRAULT (maternal) Jean HÉBERT and Isabelle BOURGSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean Baptiste married Victoire CORMIER abt. 1785 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire CORMIER was born abt. 1765 Victoire was the child of Alexis CORMIER and Elisabeth GAUTHIER.
Jean Baptiste married (2) Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD 23 July 1794 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD was born 10 January 1777 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure). Claire-Félicité was the child of Jean Baptiste ROBICHAUD and Félicité CYR.
Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE died 19 April 1818 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Jean appear below.
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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