"Dit" is a form of the French verb "to call," meaning "called," & verbs have no gender...it's not an adjective or a pronoun. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conlin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Charles Ladouceur Just a small item for your recording - when entering a "dit" name for a female it would be correct to use "dite" as "dit" is for males. Cheers Doreen ========= > Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:05:47 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Charles Ladouceur > > Anybody interested in Charles Ladouceur b.1816 d.1887. m. Marie Giroux & > Veronique Chretien? Charles is my 5th cousin..... > > I just found his parents. > > Albert Lamadeleine dit Ladouceur married to Catherine Biroleau dit Lafleur > Nov 26 1810 in Pointe-Claire (St-Joachim). (In the Penetangue marriage > record it says Albert Ladouceur & Catherine Lafleur) > > Albert's parents are Joachim Lamadeleine dit Ladouceur & Francoise Girard > dit Labrun m. Feb 5 1770 in Pierrefonds (Ste-Geneviève) (haven't gone > farther) > > Catherine's parents are Jean Baptiste Biroleau dit Lafleur married to > Marie Emerent/Amerand/Maranda? Oct 16 1769 St-Eustache - not proven yet. > > Jean's parents are Joseph Birouleau m to Josephte Lauzon m. Jan 22 1731 > Riviere des Prairies. > > I followed them in the Drouin Collection.......Those dit names are a > begger.....If I am wrong, please let me know... > > Thanks > Sharlene. > > > > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Stay in the loop and chat with friends, right from your inbox! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671354 ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message