Re: blouin dit laviollette
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In reply to:
blouin dit laviollette
l michaud 9/30/08
Check this French-Canadian site to get a brief & clear explanation.The Blouin family's early generations(Beslouin, Belouin, Beloin) back to the French Ancestor, Andre Belouin, often had "dit Laviolette" added to the name.
http://www.francogene.com/quebec/ditnames.phphttp://www.francogene.com/quebec/ditnames.php
By the time my grandmother married, that part of the name had been dropped.