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Pierre CARDINAL dit LEROUX was born 31 May 1657 in Vendée, France
Pierre CARDINAL dit LEROUX was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Anne THUILLIER 24 November 1698 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne THUILLIER was born 26 January 1673 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne died 15 May 1731 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne was the child of Jacques-Pierre THUILLIER dit DESVIGNEZ and Jeanne BERNARD.
son of Francois Cardinal and Perrine Racault
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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