Marie Anne
HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS
(b.
abt. 1793
,
d.
,
)
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Marie Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born abt. 1793
Marie Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie Anne married Pierre PERRAULT 22 September 1818 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Pierre PERRAULT was born 17 September 1793 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Pierre died 17 April 1877 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste PERRAULT and Marie-Louise-Amable LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN.
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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