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Toussaint BEAUDRY dit VARIN was born 17 April 1717 in St-Etienne, Tours, France
Toussaint BEAUDRY dit VARIN was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Toussaint married Marie-Catherine NORMAND 20 January 1738 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Catherine NORMAND was born 26 May 1719 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marie-Catherine died 10 June 1747 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Catherine was the child of Charles NORMAND and Catherine-Francoise BOUTIN.
Toussaint married (2) Cecile GERVAIS 14 August 1747 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Cecile GERVAIS was born 17 January 1706 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cecile was the child of Charles GERVAIS and Marie BOYER.
son of Pierre Beaudry and Marguerite Turcot
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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