Should I change Charles Lefebvre's LNAB to Boulanger?

Question

French settler Claude Lefebvre, son of Louis and Marie Verneuil, was called Boulanger in Nouvelle-France. "Lefebvre dit Boulanger" is on marriage records of his descendants all the way into the late 19th century. But even before that time, the family name in records is often inconsistent.

Edit: I see Charles's father Jean Baptiste has a similar issue: baptismal name Boulanger, subsequently many Lefebvre dit Boulanger, in this case including the burial.
Claude's great-grandson Charles was called Lefebvre dit Boulanger on his marriage record. In my observation, marriage records were explicit about just which family the bride and groom came from (for consanguinity checks, at least). On the baptismal record, however, he and his father were called Boulanger. More confusingly, Charles was called Lefebvre on his burial record.

LNAB should match the baptismal (or birth) record, yes? I'm the manager and I know how to make the change, but before I did I wanted to run it by any knowledgeable and interested parties.

Comments

You may want to add the tag Quebecois to get a definitive answer. Also, you can check here about dit names:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Quebecois#Guidelines_on_Names

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You are right about the tag! Just added. (The guidelines on "dit" names do not answer this question.)

Answer 1

BUT, if the only name used on the baptism is a dit name (such as Desrosiers, not dit Desrosiers), then that is what is recorded in LNAB field.  citing from the guidelines on Québécois project page that Dina linked above, which also apply later.  This is how names evolve.

Comments

hi Katherine,

La Ciseraye is also the name of a noble family and also of a location.  Beware translating names, it can be misleading.

Putting data on family dit names in bios is up to individual people who work on the profiles.

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Thank you.

Answer 2

The LNAB help page talks about dit names

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Name_Fields#Current_Last_Name

Comments

Thanks, but not specific enough. In this family, the "dit" name eventually replaced the family name. The baptismal record I cited is part of that slow process. If the priest, hopefully under the direction of the parents or godparents, used the "dit" name rather than the family name, then I believe that should be the LNAB.