Antoine
ROUSSEAU dit LAFOND
(b.
4 June 1719
,
St-Barthelemy, Cahors, Guyenne, France
d.
5 September 1784
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
)
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Antoine ROUSSEAU dit LAFOND was born 4 June 1719 in St-Barthelemy, Cahors, Guyenne, France
Antoine ROUSSEAU dit LAFOND was the child of Pierre ROUSSEAU dit LAFOND and Catherine DESEILLERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Marie-Anne PETIT 2 May 1757 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PETIT was born 18 September 1731 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis-Jean PETIT and Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD.
Antoine married (2) Marie-Josephte-Marguerite MORIN 30 January 1779 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Marie-Josephte-Marguerite MORIN was born 12 July 1725 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Josephte-Marguerite died 6 September 1793 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Marie-Josephte-Marguerite was the child of Pierre MORIN and Josephte DAUNAIS (DAUNAY).
Antoine ROUSSEAU dit LAFOND died 5 September 1784 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
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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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