Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR

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10 July 1706 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

4 December 1775 , Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre COUSSY dit LAFLEUR (COURCY)Françoise MASSARD

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Born: 10 July 1706 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre COUSSY dit LAFLEUR (COURCY)

Mother: Françoise MASSARD

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas MASSARD , Anne BELLESOEUR dite LUCAS

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Jean-Baptiste married Angélique CADIEUX 7 January 1727 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique CADIEUX was born 7 December 1686 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Angélique died 29 August 1748 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Angélique was the child of Jean-Charles-François CADIEUX dit COURVILLE and Madeleine NEVEU.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Agathe GAZAILLE dite BLETTE 18 November 1748 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Agathe GAZAILLE dite BLETTE was born 5 December 1726 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Agathe was the child of Pierre GAZAILLE dit BLETTE and Angélique NIQUET.

Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR died 4 December 1775 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, 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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Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR

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Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR married

Angélique CADIEUX
Marriage date: 7 January 1727
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Angélique CADIEUX was the child of Jean-Charles-François CADIEUX dit COURVILLE and Madeleine NEVEU

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Angélique COUSSY dite LAFLEUR (COURCY)

Born: 29 July 1727, Laval, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1766, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Michel BOURDON 30 June 1744 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR

Born: abt. 1730, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 December 1780, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY 12 October 1752 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR married

Agathe GAZAILLE dite BLETTE
Marriage date: 18 November 1748
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Agathe GAZAILLE dite BLETTE was the child of Pierre GAZAILLE dit BLETTE and Angélique NIQUET

Children of Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR and Agathe GAZAILLE dite BLETTE

Agathe COURCY dite LAFLEUR

Born: 5 October 1749, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 14 August 1823, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste ROBILLARD dit LAMBERT 23 June 1766 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Jacques COUSSY dit LAFLEUR

Born: abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Catherine BOURDON 27 January 1772 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Josette COUSSY dite LAFLEUR

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 August 1828, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME 4 October 1779 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Catherine COURCY dite LAFLEUR

Born: 15 June 1764, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 28 January 1841, Montréal, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste PERRAULT 29 September 1783 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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Birth — 1706
10 July 1706
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1727 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR and Angélique CADIEUX 7 January 1727, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 20 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Angélique COUSSY dite LAFLEUR (COURCY) was born 29 July 1727, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

1744 Marriage of Child
Angélique COUSSY dite LAFLEUR (COURCY) married 30 June 1744 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Michel BOURDON

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR and Agathe GAZAILLE dite BLETTE 18 November 1748, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 42 years old.

1748 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique CADIEUX died 29 August 1748, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1749 Birth of Child
Agathe COURCY dite LAFLEUR was born 5 October 1749, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

1752 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR married 12 October 1752, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Thérèse GRIVAULT dite BOISJOLY

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Catherine COURCY dite LAFLEUR was born 15 June 1764, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 57 years old.

1766 Death of Child
Angélique COUSSY dite LAFLEUR (COURCY) died 17 April 1766, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Jean-Baptiste was 59 years old.

1766 Marriage of Child
Agathe COURCY dite LAFLEUR married 23 June 1766, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Jean-Baptiste ROBILLARD dit LAMBERT

1772 Marriage of Child
Jacques COUSSY dit LAFLEUR married 27 January 1772, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Catherine BOURDON

Death — 1775
4 December 1775
Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 69.

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