Magdeleine
LEBRETON dite ROBERT
(b.
28 October 1808
,
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
d.
September 1816
,
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
)
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Magdeleine LEBRETON dite ROBERT was born 28 October 1808 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Magdeleine LEBRETON dite ROBERT was the child of Julien ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Magdeleine Marie GIONET and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Rene ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Marie-Thérèse BOISSEL (maternal) François GIONET (GIONAIS) and Marie LEVICAIREMagdeleine LEBRETON dite ROBERT died September 1816 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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