Adélaide Flora
DESJARDINS dite LOSIER
(b.
24 September 1854
,
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
d.
10 December 1880
,
)
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Adélaide Flora DESJARDINS dite LOSIER was born 24 September 1854 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Adélaide Flora DESJARDINS dite LOSIER was the child of Jean-Louis Tranquille LOSIER and Charlotte BRIDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin LOSIER dit DESJARDINS and Marie Osithée BRIDEAU (maternal) François BRIDEAU and Anne MCLAUGHLINAdélaide Flora DESJARDINS dite LOSIER died 10 December 1880
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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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