Pierre
DEMARBRE dit CHENEVERT
(b.
abt. 1724
,
d.
,
)
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Pierre DEMARBRE dit CHENEVERT was born abt. 1724
Pierre DEMARBRE dit CHENEVERT was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Josephte CHEVAUDIER dite LÉPINE 4 June 1746 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte CHEVAUDIER dite LÉPINE was born abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte died 25 April 1802 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jacques CHEVAUDIER dit LÉPINE and Madeleine LANTHIER.
son of Pierre Marbre and Marie Pouget
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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