Joseph OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE

(b. abt. 1778 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 April 1821 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Joseph OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE was born abt. 1778 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE was the child of François OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE and Marie-Anne PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange OSSANT (AUSSAN) and Antoinette BONIN dite DÉLISLE (maternal) François PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Anne LAVALLÉE

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

Joseph married Geneviève ÉTHIER 15 February 1802 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève ÉTHIER was born 20 December 1782 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève was the child of Louis ÉTHIER and Marie-Thérèse VANDAL.

Joseph OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE died 23 April 1821 in Sorel, 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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