Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

Born

27 March 1827 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

26 January 1895 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Julie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE 4 October 1847 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE was born 6 November 1823 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Julie died 22 January 1886 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

Parents of Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

Father

Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

Mother

Geneviève MORISSEAU

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

Paternal grandparents

Antoine MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN Thérèse DUFAULT

Maternal grandparents

Paul MORISSEAU Josephte DESMARAIS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN married

Julie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE
Marriage date: 4 October 1847
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN and Julie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

Aimé LUSIGNAN dit AMIEL

Born: 05/02/1865, Saint-Guillaume, Canada East
Died: 09/21/1944, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise ROY 16 June 1885

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jean-Baptiste's Québec records.

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 — 1827
27 March 1827
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - 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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN and Julie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE 4 October 1847, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Aimé LUSIGNAN dit AMIEL was born 05/02/1865, Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.