Marie Josephte
SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE
(b.
25 June 1754
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
d.
,
)
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Marie Josephte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE was born 25 June 1754 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Marie Josephte SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE was the child of Joseph SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Marie Thérèse TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Genevieve BARBEAU dite BOISDORÉ (maternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie Madeleine SIMARDm. Jean Marie Dube
9 septembre 1771
Detroit, Michigan
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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