Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY

Born

20 April 1780 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 March 1841 , Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

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Honoré-Jean-Baptiste LEQUIEN dit SANSOUCY Anne-Charlotte LECUYER

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Born: 20 April 1780 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Honoré-Jean-Baptiste LEQUIEN dit SANSOUCY

Mother: Anne-Charlotte LECUYER

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas LÉCUYER , Marie-Catherine MORAND

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne CYR 13 February 1810 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne CYR was born 17 January 1791 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie-Anne died 25 January 1847 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste CYR and Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN.

Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY died 23 March 1841 in Marieville, Rouville, Canada East .
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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 Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY

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Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY married

Marie-Anne CYR
Marriage date: 13 February 1810
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne CYR was the child of Jean-Baptiste CYR and Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN

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Children of Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne CYR

Joseph-Narcisse LEQUIN

Born: 16 September 1815, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 13 April 1884, Farnham, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie LEPRE 29 September 1839 Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1780
20 April 1780
Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne CYR 13 February 1810, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 29 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Joseph-Narcisse LEQUIN was born 16 September 1815, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Joseph was 35 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England