Francois GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN

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11 April 1753 , Fort St-Frédéric, Fort Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Died

13 April 1819 , Longueuil, Lower Canada

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Charles GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN Catherine RENAUD

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Born: 11 April 1753 in Fort St-Frédéric, Fort Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Father: Charles GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN

Mother: Catherine RENAUD

Maternal grandparents: Jean RENAUD , Françoise-Marie AUGER dite BARON

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Francois married Marie-Jeanne MENARD 12 June 1775 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Jeanne MENARD was born 24 September 1760 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Rene MENARD dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Therese LETOURNEAU.

Francois GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN died 13 April 1819 in Longueuil, 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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Marie-Jeanne MENARD
Marriage date: 12 June 1775
Marriage place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Jeanne MENARD was the child of Rene MENARD dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Therese LETOURNEAU

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Joseph GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN

Born: abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Archange MOQUIN 18 July 1808 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

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Birth — 1753
11 April 1753
Fort St-Frédéric, Fort Beauharnois, Quebec, 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 Marriage / Partner
Francois GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Jeanne MENARD 12 June 1775, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 22 years old.

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)

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

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

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

1808 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD dit SANSCHAGRIN married 18 July 1808, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Archange MOQUIN

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.