Josephine
CAILLÉ dite LECLAIR
(b.
abt. 1865
,
Cornwall, Canada West
d.
21 June 1896
,
Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
)
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Josephine CAILLÉ dite LECLAIR was born abt. 1865 in Cornwall, Canada West
Josephine CAILLÉ dite LECLAIR was the child of Louis-Toussaint CAILLE dit LECLAIR and Marie-Delphine TAILLEFER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Moyse CAILLÉ and Marie-Rosalie BELLEVILLE (maternal) Joseph TAILLEFER and Esther DARAGON dite LAFRANCEJosephine CAILLÉ dite LECLAIR died 21 June 1896 in Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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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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