Etienne BILLY dit VERRIER

Born

abt. 1690 , France

Died

30 January 1765 , France

Etienne married Jeanne GIRARD (GIRARDIN) 21 November 1712 in Québec, Canada, New France .
Jeanne GIRARD (GIRARDIN) was born 22 October 1694 in Québec, Canada, New France . Jeanne died 22 June 1717 in Québec, Canada, New France . Jeanne was the child of Jean GIRARDIN and Dorothee RANCIN .

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son of Pierre-Claude Debilly and Anne Proulx

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Etienne BILLY dit VERRIER married

Jeanne GIRARD (GIRARDIN)
Marriage date: 21 November 1712
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Jeanne GIRARD (GIRARDIN) was the child of Jean GIRARDIN and Dorothee RANCIN

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Etienne's Québec records.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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