Jean
GARNIER dit ST-GERMAIN
(b.
abt. 1729
,
d.
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Jean GARNIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born abt. 1729
Jean GARNIER dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT 3 February 1750 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT was born 6 April 1729 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Louise died 5 May 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Thérèse-Anne HAMEL.
son of Michel Garnier-St-Germain and Simone Fournet
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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