Jean-Baptiste
COUSSY dit LAFLEUR
(b.
10 July 1706
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
4 December 1775
,
Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR was born 10 July 1706 in Québec, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste COUSSY dit LAFLEUR was the child of Pierre COUSSY dit LAFLEUR (COURCY) and Françoise MASSARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas MASSARD and Anne BELLESOEUR dite LUCASSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
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 .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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