Pierre COITTY dit DUVAL

(b. abt. 1725 , France d. , )

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Pierre COITTY dit DUVAL was born abt. 1725 in France

Pierre COITTY dit DUVAL was the child of ? and ?

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Pierre married Marie-Therese BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE 18 February 1760 in Yamaska, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Therese BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE was born 25 June 1734 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Therese was the child of Gilles BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Madeleine TESSIER dite LAVIGNE.

son of Jean Julien Coitty and Julienne Guiquet

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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