Marie Desanges
ROCHEREAU dite LESPERENCE
(b.
8 October 1755
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
d.
19 March 1773
,
Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), Canada
)
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Marie Desanges ROCHEREAU dite LESPERENCE was born 8 October 1755 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Marie Desanges ROCHEREAU dite LESPERENCE was the child of Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE and Catherine PILET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY (maternal) Jacques PILET and Marguerite VIAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie Desanges married Antoine LANGLOIS abt. 1773 in Quebec (Ontario), Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine LANGLOIS was born 23 January 1738 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Antoine died June 1799 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville). Antoine was the child of Nicolas LANGLOIS and Angélique CUILLERIER.
Marie Desanges ROCHEREAU dite LESPERENCE died 19 March 1773 in Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), Canada .
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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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