Simon BERIER dit MÂCHEFER

Born

abt. 1721 ,

Died

Simon married Marguerite MELANSON abt. 1743 .
Marguerite MELANSON was born 21 October 1721 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marguerite died 5 September 1808 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada. Marguerite was the child of Claude MELANSON and Marguerite BABINEAU .

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son of Simon Berier dit Mâchefer and Claudine Lefebvre

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Simon BERIER dit MÂCHEFER married

Marguerite MELANSON
Marriage date: abt. 1743
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Marguerite MELANSON was the child of Claude MELANSON and Marguerite BABINEAU

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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." 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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