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Jean-Baptiste NORMAND dit FORGET was born abt. 1708 in Notre-Dame, Granville, Normandie, France
Jean-Baptiste NORMAND dit FORGET was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Thérèse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 7 February 1736 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Thérèse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 2 October 1703 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Thérèse died 4 October 1766 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Thérèse was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Louise GRONDIN.
son of Jacques Normand and Jacqueline Lemaitre
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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