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Jean-Baptiste MÉTRAS dit FENOUILLET was born abt. 1695 in France
Jean-Baptiste MÉTRAS dit FENOUILLET was the child of ? and ?Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant, arriving by 1723.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Charlotte GATIGNON 25 October 1723 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charlotte GATIGNON was born 9 February 1703 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Charlotte died 25 April 1781 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Charlotte was the child of Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE and Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE.
son of Jacques Métras and Marie Billot
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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