Gilles
GALIPEAU dit LEPOITEVIN
(b.
6 September 1637
,
Dissay, St-Pierre-et-St-Paul, Vienne, France
d.
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Gilles GALIPEAU dit LEPOITEVIN was born 6 September 1637 in Dissay, St-Pierre-et-St-Paul, Vienne, France
Gilles GALIPEAU dit LEPOITEVIN was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gilles married Jacqueline LANGLOIS 20 September 1678 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacqueline LANGLOIS was born 9 August 1630 in Limetz-Villez, St-Sulpice, Yvelines, France. Jacqueline died 19 October 1709 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).
son of Antoine Galilpeau and Perrine Renaud
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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