Alexandre OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE
Married: Marie LECLERC 28 February 1832 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste
OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE
Born
10 September 1781
,
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
15 April 1860
,
Contrecœur, Canada East
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Born: 10 September 1781 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Amable MATTE 24 January 1803 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable MATTE was born 4 September 1773 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Amable died 5 June 1848 in Contrecœur, Canada East . Marie-Amable was the child of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Marguerite CHARBONNEAU.
Jean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE died 15 April 1860 in Contrecœur, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE
Jean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE married 
Marie-Amable MATTE
Marriage date: 24 January 1803
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Marie-Amable MATTE was the child of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Marguerite CHARBONNEAU
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie-Amable MATTEMarriage date: 24 January 1803
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Marie-Amable MATTE was the child of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Marguerite CHARBONNEAU
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE and Marie-Amable MATTE
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- 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 — 178110 September 1781
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1803 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE and Marie-Amable MATTE 24 January 1803, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
He was 21 years old.
1811 Birth of ChildAlexandre OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE was born 27 February 1811, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.
1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1832 Marriage of ChildAlexandre OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE married 28 February 1832, Contrecœur, Lower Canada to Marie LECLERC
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1848 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Amable MATTE died 5 June 1848, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.Death — 186015 April 1860
Contrecœur, Canada East
He died at the age of 78.
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