Joseph
GIROUARD dit BISTET
(b.
4 August 1720
,
Port Royal, Acadia
d.
abt. 1803
,
Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET was born 4 August 1720 in Port Royal, Acadia
Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET was the child of Charles GIROUARD and Anne BASTARACHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques Jacob GIROUARD and Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) (maternal) Jean-Joannis BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE and Huguette Agathe VINCENTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Anne DOUCET 16 July 1743 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne DOUCET was born abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Anne was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER.
Joseph married (2) Jeanne BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) abt. 1761 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was born 1 April 1731 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jeanne was the child of Pierre BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Jeanne GAUDET.
Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET died abt. 1803 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.
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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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