Louis
GESSERON dit BRULOT
(b.
7 December 1642
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
d.
,
)
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Louis GESSERON dit BRULOT was born 7 December 1642 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Louis GESSERON dit BRULOT was the child of ? and ?Louis was an immigrant, arriving by 1671.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Agathe FOURNIER 28 September 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Agathe FOURNIER was born 9 April 1657 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Agathe died 8 June 1743 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Agathe was the child of Guillaume FOURNIER and Françoise HÉBERT.
son of Louis Gezeron and Marie Guitard
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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