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Helene HACHE dite GALLANT was born abt. 1777 in New Brunswick, Canada
Helene HACHE dite GALLANT was the child of Rene HACHÉ dit GALLANT and Marguerite BLANCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François HACHE dit GALLANT and Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (maternal) Olivier BLANCHARD and Catherine Josephte AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)Helene HACHE dite GALLANT died 30 June 1850
m. Michel Godin
8 juillet 1793
Caraquet, Nouveau-Brunswick
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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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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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