Paul dit names are, to my knowledge, only associated with French surnames. I thought this was important to add. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Paul Petosky [mailto:paul_petosky@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:24 PM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [NISHNAWBE] Couture Larry: What is a dit name? That is new to me..... Thanks, Paul "Larry F. Friend" <friend@2z.net> wrote: Paul Actually I was up late last night and searching on your stuff but got no where! Sorry! Is this perhaps a dit name. The period of time may be the transition to one of the two names. I tried to see if it were tied somehow to a dit name but that search found nothing either. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Paul Petosky [mailto:paul_petosky@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:38 PM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Couture Hi Larry: Have you found any information for me on the Clarke/Tacaer side yet? Thanks, Paul Larry Friend wrote: Hi All I have been helping friends of mine with their tree and was wondering if their Couture line connects with anyone? Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net ========================================== Modified Register for John COUTURE First Generation 1. John COUTURE "See Notes" was born 1878 in Minnesota. 1920 Brookston, St. Louis, Minnesota census John Martin 64, MN, uncle Ben Beargrease 52, MN cousin Mike Beargrease 49, MN cousin See Notes married Harriet RUTTLE "Ella A. (first Wife)", daughter of Unknown and Unknown. Ella A. (first Wife) was born 1883 in Minnesota. They had the following children: 2 F i. Mary H. COUTURE was born 1902 in Minnesota. 3 F ii. Eliza A. COUTURE "Liza Or Lizzie (1920 Census Lysia)" was born 8 Feb 1909 in Brookston, Minnesota. She died 12 Nov 1987 in Hibbing, St. Louis County, MN. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnstloui/1910CTIA.htm Researcher Sheet # Line # Dwell # Fam # Surname Given name relationship sex color age...... marital status yrs married # children # living place birth POB father POB mother Yr to US Naturalized or Alien Speak English Profession Nature of Business Emp. Status Out of work April 15, 1910 # of weeks out of work in 1909 can read can write in school owned or rented owned free or mortgaged farm or house # farm schedule Civil War Vet blind deaf & dumb 11A 1 1 1 Couture John head M indian 32 married 1 10 MN Can MN English 11A 2 Couture Ellen H. wife F indian 28 married 1 10 5 5 MN Ire MN English Yes Yes 11A 3 Couture Mary H. daughter F indian 9 single MN MN MN 11A 4 Couture Annie daughter F indian 6 single MN MN MN 11A 5 Couture David M. son M indian 4 single MN MN MN 11A 6 Couture Tressa daughter F indian 3 single MN MN MN 11A 7 Couture Eliza daughter F indian 1-2/12 single MN MN MN Eliza Or Lizzie (1920 Census Lysia) married Charles LABARGE, son of LABARGE and Unknown, on 1929. Charles was born 1893 in Minnesota. 4 F iii. Veronica A. COUTURE was born 1912 in Minnesota. Veronica married SEROY. 5 F iv. Anna E. COUTURE was born 1903 in Minnesota. Anna married GRUBA. 6 F v. Christina COUTURE "Christine" was born 1915 in Minnesota. Christine married BAKKEN. 7 M vi. David COUTURE was born 1905 in Minnesota, died 20 Nov 1970 Carlton County, Minnesota. 8 F vii. Theresa COUTURE was born 1906 in Minnesota. 9 F viii. Dotty COUTURE. Dotty married SMITH. 10 F ix. Lenora COUTURE was born 1920. 11 F x. Luverne COUTURE was born 1920. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237