Joseph
HACHE dit GALLANT
(b.
24 October 1744
,
Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
d.
23 November 1822
,
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Joseph HACHE dit GALLANT was born 24 October 1744 in Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
Joseph HACHE dit GALLANT was the child of Charles HACHE dit GALLANT and Geneviève LAVERGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel HACHE dit GALLANT and Anne Marie CORMIER (maternal) Pierre LAVERGNE (DE LA VERGNE) and Anne BERNONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie Madeleine DOUCET 22 June 1772 in Nipisaiguit, Acadie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie Madeleine DOUCET was born abt. 1748 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Madeleine died 29 January 1816 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit). Marie Madeleine was the child of Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne ARSENAULT.
Joseph HACHE dit GALLANT died 23 November 1822 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada .
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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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