HELP! flag male ancestor  Antoine  CELESTIN dit BELLEMÈRE

  (b. abt. 1695 Acadia, Canada   d. )  

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Antoine CELESTIN dit BELLEMÈRE was born abt. 1695 in Acadia, Canada

Antoine CELESTIN dit BELLEMÈRE was the child of André CELESTIN dit BELLEMÈRE   and   Perrine BASILE
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?  In Acadia, "feux-follets are spirits of the damned that temporarily leave a person's body and wander at night in the shape of a small flame."

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