Claude
DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN
(b.
abt. 1675
,
Acadia, Canada
d.
5 December 1754
,
Port Royal, Acadia
)
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Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN was born abt. 1675 in Acadia, Canada
Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN was the child of Germain DOUCET and Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS? (maternal) René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURGSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Marie COMEAU abt. 1696 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie COMEAU was born abt. 1676 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie was the child of Étienne COMEAU and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE.
Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN died 5 December 1754 in Port Royal, 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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