HELP! flag female ancestor  Marie  ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR

  (b. abt. 1686 Acadia, Canada   d. )  

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Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR was born abt. 1686 in Acadia, Canada

Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR was the child of Jacques ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR   and   Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Jeanne MOTIN (maternal)  Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS
Did You Know? 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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Did You Know?Canadian Ancestry - Acadia - Did you know?  Some Acadians believed that "the weather on the third day of the month pedicts the weather for the month" [le trois fait le mois]

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