Jean
CYR dit CROC
(b.
abt. 1711
,
Acadia, Canada
d.
1 May 1785
,
Kingsclear, Crocks Point, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Jean CYR dit CROC was born abt. 1711 in Acadia, Canada
Jean CYR dit CROC was the child of Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS (maternal) Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGASSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Marguerite CORMIER 26 January 1734 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marguerite CORMIER was born 16 February 1718 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marguerite died abt. 1792 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Marguerite was the child of Pierre CORMIER and Catherine Marie LEBLANC.
Jean CYR dit CROC died 1 May 1785 in Kingsclear, Crocks Point, York County, 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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