Joseph
BASTARACHE dit BASQUE
(b.
February 1769
,
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
d.
20 November 1801
,
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Joseph BASTARACHE dit BASQUE was born February 1769 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Joseph BASTARACHE dit BASQUE was the child of Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Marguerite GAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE and Marguerite FOREST (maternal) Jean Bernard GAUDET dit VAROUËL and Marie Madeleine BRUNJoseph BASTARACHE dit BASQUE died 20 November 1801 in Tracadie, 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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