Magdalene
HUYET dite CHAMPAGNE
(b.
21 January 1768
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
d.
,
)
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Magdalene HUYET dite CHAMPAGNE was born 21 January 1768 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Magdalene HUYET dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Pierre HUYET dit PONCELET and Marie Réine Chrétienne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE (maternal) Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie Judith LAFORESTm. Joseph Amable Bazinet
12 janvier 1784
Détroit, Ste-Anne, Wayne, Michigan
États-Unis USA
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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