Pierre VOISIN dit LACROIX

(b. abt. 1695 , France d. , )

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Pierre VOISIN dit LACROIX was born abt. 1695 in France

Pierre VOISIN dit LACROIX was the child of ? and ?

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Pierre married Marguerite AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE 27 May 1720 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Marguerite AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE was born 25 March 1673 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite died 2 June 1741 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Jean AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE and Marguerite SEDILOT.

son of Pierre Voisin and Catherine Houssereau

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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