Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY

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17 December 1752 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

5 January 1838 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT Marie-Anne PERRAS

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Born: 17 December 1752 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT

Mother: Marie-Anne PERRAS

Paternal grandparents: Laurent SURPRENANT , Jeanne BEAUVAIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE , Marie-Madeleine ROY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT 21 September 1778 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT was born abt. 1756 Elisabeth Isabelle died 6 May 1815 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Elisabeth Isabelle was the child of Jacques HÉBERT and Marie LANDRY.

Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY died 5 January 1838 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY married

Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT
Marriage date: 21 September 1778
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT was the child of Jacques HÉBERT and Marie LANDRY

Children of Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT

Marie-Josephe SURPRENANT

Born: abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis LANOUE 6 November 1797 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Elisabeth-Isabelle SURPRENANT

Born: 25 May 1784, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: René THIBODEAU 30 June 1807 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

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

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Birth — 1752
17 December 1752
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT 21 September 1778, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 25 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle SURPRENANT was born 25 May 1784, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe SURPRENANT married 6 November 1797, , Québec Province, Canada to Louis LANOUE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1807 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle SURPRENANT married 30 June 1807, L'Acadie, Lower Canada to René THIBODEAU