Jean Baptiste
LAGARDE dit ST-JEAN
(b.
abt. 1709
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d.
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Jean Baptiste LAGARDE dit ST-JEAN was born abt. 1709
Jean Baptiste LAGARDE dit ST-JEAN was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean Baptiste married Marguerite MARTIN 11 August 1733 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MARTIN was born 26 February 1707 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite died 11 May 1740 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Pierre MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR and Marie-Anne LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT.
son of Pierre Lagarde and Genevieve Leriche
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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