Jean Baptiste SAULNIER dit BECHE

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abt. 1759 , Caraquet, Gloucester, Acadia

Died

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Claude SAULNIER Françoise AUCOIN

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Jean Baptiste SAULNIER dit BECHE was born abt. 1759 in Caraquet, Gloucester, Acadia

Jean Baptiste SAULNIER dit BECHE was the child of Claude SAULNIER and Françoise AUCOIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Rene SAULNIER and Marie Josephe TRAHAN (maternal) Pierre AUCOIN and Catherine COMEAU

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Jean Baptiste married Felicite BASTARACHE abt. 1778 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite BASTARACHE was born 22 November 1761 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Felicite died abt. 1823 in Baie Saint Marie, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Felicite was the child of Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE and Marie Josephe COMEAU.

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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Felicite BASTARACHE-- Date: abt. 1778 Place:
Felicite BASTARACHE was the child of Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE and Marie Josephe COMEAU

Children of Jean Baptiste SAULNIER dit BECHE and Felicite BASTARACHE

Anne Marie SAULNIER (b.21 November 1778, Baie Sainte-Marie, Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1829, Baie Sainte-Marie, Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Jean Castin THIBODEAU 1807

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