*Le sigh* Dit names can be confusing when a family never leaves Canada, but add in a move to the Lower 48, and name changes can be quite frustrating.
In general, the dit name is an addition used to differentiate one family from another with the same name. It can also be added for landed/titled persons. In the Fugère clan we have several:
Fugère dit Champagne - Edmé's line, Champagne added to differentiate him from Pierre's family
Fugère dit Aunis - Louis's line, Aunis added to differentiate him from Pierre and Edmé
Dit names can also be pronunciation variation or changes:
Fugère dit Fisher for the line of Fugères that moved to MI and adopted a phonetically similar variant.
Tonight I ran across a new one!
A set of Fugère brothers moved from Champlain, QC to Belknap county, NH and adopted Brake as their surname. Brake is a literal translation of 'fougere.' Generally it means fern, but can also be used for fernery, bracken, or brake.
I happened across this variant while searching records on Mocavo. One marriage record just happened to list both Fugere and Brake and I couldn't figure out why :)
In general, the dit name is an addition used to differentiate one family from another with the same name. It can also be added for landed/titled persons. In the Fugère clan we have several:
Fugère dit Champagne - Edmé's line, Champagne added to differentiate him from Pierre's family
Fugère dit Aunis - Louis's line, Aunis added to differentiate him from Pierre and Edmé
Dit names can also be pronunciation variation or changes:
Fugère dit Fisher for the line of Fugères that moved to MI and adopted a phonetically similar variant.
Tonight I ran across a new one!
A set of Fugère brothers moved from Champlain, QC to Belknap county, NH and adopted Brake as their surname. Brake is a literal translation of 'fougere.' Generally it means fern, but can also be used for fernery, bracken, or brake.
I happened across this variant while searching records on Mocavo. One marriage record just happened to list both Fugere and Brake and I couldn't figure out why :)