Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit MACOUCE

(b. abt. 1693 , Canada d. , )

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Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit MACOUCE was born abt. 1693 in Canada

Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit MACOUCE was the child of Jean FAFARD and Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) François FAFARD and Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME) (maternal) Pierre COUC dit LAFLEUR and Marie MITEOUAMIGOUKOUÉ (MITE8AMEG8K8E)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite QUEROTI 4 November 1715 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Marguerite QUEROTI was born abt. 1693 in Canada.

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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