Claude
LATOUR dit HUGET
(b.
abt. 1719
,
d.
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Claude LATOUR dit HUGET was born abt. 1719
Claude LATOUR dit HUGET was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Françoise OUELLET abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada . Françoise OUELLET was born 21 August 1719 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Françoise was the child of Joseph-Abraham OUELLET and Reine MENEUX.
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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