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Pierre ROUAULT dit DURASOIR was born 23 April 1734 in Notre-Dame-de-Mans, France
Pierre ROUAULT dit DURASOIR was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Genevieve-Ursule PARENT 20 June 1757 in Québec, Canada, New France . Genevieve-Ursule PARENT was born 15 January 1737 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Genevieve-Ursule died 6 January 1786 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Genevieve-Ursule was the child of Henri PARENT and Geneviève NORMAND.
Pierre married (2) Madeleine Agathe BELLECOURT 17 January 1791 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Madeleine Agathe BELLECOURT was born abt. 1753
son of Etienne Rouault and Radégonde Courtin
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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