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Jean OLSCAMP dit LALLEMAND (WELSCAMPS) was born abt. 1732 in Strasbourg, France
Jean OLSCAMP dit LALLEMAND (WELSCAMPS) was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Marie-Louise MAILLOUX 5 March 1764 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MAILLOUX was born 6 February 1742 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise died 26 August 1780 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise was the child of Germain MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit LAFORCE and Marie-Madeleine GIROUX.
son of Jacob Welscamps and Marie Seincra
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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