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Jean-Baptiste LASALLE dit ST-JEAN was born abt. 1716 in France
Jean-Baptiste LASALLE dit ST-JEAN was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse MALIDOR dite LASONDE 26 June 1752 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Marie-Thérèse MALIDOR dite LASONDE was born 4 December 1729 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Sébastien-Victor-Louis MALIDOR dit LASONDE and Marie-Louise VACHER dite LACERTE.
son of Pierre Lasalle and Grace Castagnet
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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