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re Marie Louise: Delanne is a surname given as part of her name - probably a family name. Andre (or André: accent marks were not always used at the time) is the family surname, and St. Amand is an adopted surname: 'dit' = 'called'. Adopted surnames were a common thing in Canada for various reasons. There's a good summary here: http://genealogy.about.com/b/2010/07/08/understanding-dit-names.htm