Louis
VILLERS dit ST-LOUIS
(b.
21 February 1712
,
Rupt-aux-Nonains, Meuse, Lorraine, France
d.
22 December 1765
,
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
)
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Louis VILLERS dit ST-LOUIS was born 21 February 1712 in Rupt-aux-Nonains, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Louis VILLERS dit ST-LOUIS was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Marie-Josephte-Marguerite MORIN 22 August 1746 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . Marie-Josephte-Marguerite MORIN was born 12 July 1725 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Josephte-Marguerite died 6 September 1793 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Marie-Josephte-Marguerite was the child of Pierre MORIN and Josephte DAUNAIS (DAUNAY).
Louis VILLERS dit ST-LOUIS died 22 December 1765 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
son of Jean Villers and Marguerite Gratreaux
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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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