Joseph PIQUET dit LAFLEUR (PIGUET)

(b. abt. 1677 , France d. , )

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Joseph PIQUET dit LAFLEUR (PIGUET) was born abt. 1677 in France

Joseph PIQUET dit LAFLEUR (PIGUET) was the child of ? and ?

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Joseph married Marie-Thérèse MERIENNE 10 February 1706 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Thérèse MERIENNE was born 9 December 1688 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Thérèse died 11 May 1760 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Jean MERIENNE dit LASOLAYE and Barbe BARON.

son of Eustache Piquet and Jeanne Boucher

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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