Guillaume
TAPHORIN dit MILLERAND
(b.
30 July 1692
,
Melleran, Niort, Poitiers, Poitou, France
d.
,
)
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Guillaume TAPHORIN dit MILLERAND was born 30 July 1692 in Melleran, Niort, Poitiers, Poitou, France
Guillaume TAPHORIN dit MILLERAND was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Guillaume married Marie-Louise ROUTHIER 23 November 1729 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise ROUTHIER was born 6 February 1701 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 4 May 1756 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise was the child of Charles ROUTIER (ROUTHIER) and Brigitte LAVOIE.
son of Jean Taphorin and Jeanne Merigone
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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