Marie-Marguerite SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY

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25 February 1759 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

19 February 1830 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY Marie-Anne-Jeanne BABEU

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Born: 25 February 1759 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY

Mother: Marie-Anne-Jeanne BABEU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY , Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU)

Maternal grandparents: Andre BABEU , Marie-Madeleine MESNY

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Marie-Marguerite married Gabriel LAROCHE 4 October 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel LAROCHE was born 16 January 1740 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Gabriel died 21 September 1802 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Gabriel was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAROCHE and Marie-Suzanne TURPIN.

Marie-Marguerite SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY died 19 February 1830 in Saint-Constant, 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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Marie-Marguerite SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY married

Gabriel LAROCHE
Marriage date: 4 October 1779
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Gabriel LAROCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAROCHE and Marie-Suzanne TURPIN

Children of Gabriel LAROCHE and Marie-Marguerite SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY

Marie LAROCHE

Born: abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Dominique TRAHAN 3 August 1812 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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Birth — 1759
25 February 1759
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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Marie-Marguerite SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY and Gabriel LAROCHE 4 October 1779 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 20 years old.