Josephte
HERVIEUX dite DUMAS
(b.
abt. 1752
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d.
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Josephte HERVIEUX dite DUMAS was born abt. 1752
Josephte HERVIEUX dite DUMAS was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Josephte married Louis MIVILLE (MINVILLE) 15 March 1779 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis MIVILLE (MINVILLE) was born 27 June 1752 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Louis was the child of Michel MIVILLE and Marie-Louise SÉGUIN.
daughter of Jean Baptiste Hervieux dit Dumas and Josephte ?
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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