Joseph
CORMIER dit LEMEILLEUR
(b.
abt. 1732
,
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
d.
27 March 1804
,
Port-Louis, Morbihan, France
)
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Joseph CORMIER dit LEMEILLEUR was born abt. 1732 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Joseph CORMIER dit LEMEILLEUR was the child of François CORMIER and Anne CYR and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CORMIER and Marguerite LEBLANC (maternal) Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Anne VIGNEAULT abt. 1757 . Anne VIGNEAULT was born abt. 1738 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Anne died April 1779 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Anne was the child of Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Marguerite ARSENAULT.
Joseph CORMIER dit LEMEILLEUR died 27 March 1804 in Port-Louis, Morbihan, France.
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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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