Jean-Baptiste-Guy
THERIAULT dit GRANDMAISON
(b.
abt. 1683
,
France
d.
,
)
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Jean-Baptiste-Guy THERIAULT dit GRANDMAISON was born abt. 1683 in France
Jean-Baptiste-Guy THERIAULT dit GRANDMAISON was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste-Guy married Marie-Anne POULIN 3 February 1713 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne POULIN was born 14 February 1693 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Anne died 11 May 1733 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Martin POULIN and Jeanne BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE).
son of Germain Theriault dit Grandmaison and Anne Guillotte
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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