Michel
HACHE dit GALLANT
(b.
abt. 1663
,
Acadia, Canada
d.
10 April 1737
,
Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
)
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Michel HACHE dit GALLANT was born abt. 1663 in Acadia, Canada
Michel HACHE dit GALLANT was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Anne Marie CORMIER abt. 1690 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Anne Marie CORMIER was born abt. 1674 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Anne Marie died 10 January 1739 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia). Anne Marie was the child of Thomas CORMIER and Marie Madeleine GIROUARD.
Michel HACHE dit GALLANT died 10 April 1737 in Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia .
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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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