Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN

(b. abt. 1711 , France d. 3 March 1761 , Berthierville, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN was born abt. 1711 in France

Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN was the child of ? and ?

Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1743.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte GLADU 15 November 1734 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephte GLADU was born 16 March 1717 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 27 February 1761 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Josephte was the child of Nicolas GLADU dit COGNAC and Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN died 3 March 1761 in Berthierville, Canada .

son of Claude Courtin and Catherine Douard (Drouard)

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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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