Joseph-Adelard
SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL
(b.
3 May 1867
,
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
d.
,
)
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Joseph-Adelard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 3 May 1867 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
Joseph-Adelard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Julie BELAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Adelaide BELAND (maternal) Charles BELAND and Marie-Anne-Emerentienne CLEMENT dite L'ALLEMANDm. 24 JAN 1893, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Rosa PHANEUF
(1875–)
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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