Antoine
BUISSON dit ARIER
(b.
abt. 1675
,
d.
,
)
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Antoine BUISSON dit ARIER was born abt. 1675
Antoine BUISSON dit ARIER was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE abt. 1711 in Québec Province, Canada . Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE was born 21 December 1675 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Madeleine died 5 March 1761 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Madeleine was the child of Jean ARCOUËT dit LAJEUNESSE and Elisabeth PEPIN.
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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