James
BABY dit DUPERRON
(b.
25 August 1763
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
d.
19 February 1833
,
Toronto, Upper Canada
)
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James BABY dit DUPERRON was born 25 August 1763 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
James BABY dit DUPERRON was the child of Jacques BABY dit DUPERRON and Suzanne REAUME dite CROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Raymond BABIE (BABY) and Thérèse LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ (maternal) Pierre RHÉAUME and Suzanne HUBERTJames BABY dit DUPERRON died 19 February 1833 in Toronto, Upper Canada .
m. Elizabeth Abbott abt. 1802
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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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