Guillaume
LOSIER dit DESJARDINS
(b.
17 January 1806
,
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
d.
20 December 1884
,
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Guillaume LOSIER dit DESJARDINS was born 17 January 1806 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Guillaume LOSIER dit DESJARDINS was the child of Prospère ROY LOSIER dit DESJARDINS and Charlotte LEBRETON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Angélique LIZOTTE (maternal) François-Rene ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Marie-Thérèse BOISSELSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Guillaume married Olive ROBICHAUD 20 February 1827 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . Olive ROBICHAUD was born 17 December 1809 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Olive died abt. 1893 Olive was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBICHAUD and Theotiste SAVOIE.
Guillaume LOSIER dit DESJARDINS died 20 December 1884 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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