Joseph
GODAIRE dit LACAILLE
(b.
abt. 1814
,
d.
,
)
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Joseph GODAIRE dit LACAILLE was born abt. 1814
Joseph GODAIRE dit LACAILLE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Marguerite DESMARAIS 23 September 1834 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . Marie-Marguerite DESMARAIS was born 23 June 1804 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Marguerite died 24 July 1847 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Charlotte ROCQUE (ROCH).
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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