Louis REBILLAU dit LAJOYE

(b. abt. 1730 , France d. , )

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Louis REBILLAU dit LAJOYE was born abt. 1730 in France

Louis REBILLAU dit LAJOYE was the child of ? and ?

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Louis married Therese BOUSQUET 3 February 1761 in Varennes, Canada . Therese BOUSQUET was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Therese died abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Therese was the child of Nicolas BOUSQUET and Veronique LEDUC.

Louis married (2) Veronique BRODEUR 21 May 1764 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique BRODEUR was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Veronique was the child of Joseph BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER.

son of Rene Rebillau dit Lajoye and Marie Couci

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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