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Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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1738 Marriage / Partner François RAJOTTE dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Anne GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS 9 September 1738, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)
1739 Birth of Child Joseph RAJOTTE dit LANGEVIN was born 27 May 1739, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)
1741 Birth of Child Françoise RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN was born 3 November 1741, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)
Death — 1748 15 January 1748 Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
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François
RAJOTTE dit LANGEVIN
Marie-Anne GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS
1738 Marriage / Partner
1739 Birth of Child
Death — 1748
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