Jean Baptiste
HACHE dit GALLANT
(b.
26 November 1734
,
Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
d.
5 January 1780
,
Tracadie, Queens, St. John's Island, Canada
)
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Jean Baptiste HACHE dit GALLANT was born 26 November 1734 in Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
Jean Baptiste HACHE dit GALLANT was the child of Pierre HACHE dit GALLANT and Cecile LAVERGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel HACHE dit GALLANT and Anne Marie CORMIER (maternal) Pierre LAVERGNE (DE LA VERGNE) and Anne BERNONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean Baptiste married Anne DOIRON abt. 1760 in Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Anne DOIRON was born 24 November 1742 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Anne was the child of Pierre DOIRON and Marie Anne FOREST.
Jean Baptiste HACHE dit GALLANT died 5 January 1780 in Tracadie, Queens, St. John's Island, 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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