Vincent CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON

(b. 15 August 1756 , Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1795 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Vincent CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON was born 15 August 1756 in Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France

Vincent CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON was the child of François CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON and Marie-Louise DUCHARME and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre-Jacques REPOCHE dit DUCHARME and Marie-Madeleine MAROIS

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Vincent married Therese-Reine CHOUINARD 27 October 1788 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . Therese-Reine CHOUINARD was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Therese-Reine died 22 January 1835 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Therese-Reine was the child of Pierre CHOUINARD and Marie-Ursule MARTIN.

Vincent CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON died 25 October 1795 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Therese-Reine CHOUINARD-- Date: 27 October 1788 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese-Reine CHOUINARD was the child of Pierre CHOUINARD and Marie-Ursule MARTIN

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1756 Birth
15 August 1756
Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Vincent CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON and Therese-Reine CHOUINARD 27 October 1788, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

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

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