Jean-Francois DIONNE dit SANSOUCY

Born

18 November 1760 , Kamouraska, Canada

Died

4 September 1838 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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Francois-Germain DIONNE Marie-Josephte MICHAUD

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Jean-Francois DIONNE dit SANSOUCY was born 18 November 1760 in Kamouraska, Canada

Jean-Francois DIONNE dit SANSOUCY was the child of Francois-Germain DIONNE and Marie-Josephte MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DIONNE and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD (maternal) Louis MICHAUD and Marie-Geneviève ALBERT

Jean-Francois DIONNE dit SANSOUCY died 4 September 1838 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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1760 Birth
18 November 1760
Kamouraska, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.