Elise
SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS
(b.
abt. 1844
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d.
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Elise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was born abt. 1844
Elise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elise married Thaddee TREMBLAY 11 October 1869 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thaddee TREMBLAY was born 21 August 1844 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Thaddee was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie GAUTHIER.
daughter of Antime Sirois-Duplessis and Elisabeth Arcand
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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