Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) dit BISIN

Born

abt. 1736 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

27 December 1786 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE)Marguerite BOURGEOIS

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Born: abt. 1736 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE)

Mother: Marguerite BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents: Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) , Anne BOURGEOIS

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume BOURGEOIS , Catherine Josephe THIBODEAU

Jean was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Jean married Louise FORTON 17 April 1768 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise FORTON was born 19 January 1748 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louise was the child of Jean-François FORTON dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Louise-Catherine CHAMARD.

Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) dit BISIN died 27 December 1786 in Québec, 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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Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) dit BISIN married

Louise FORTON
Marriage date: 17 April 1768
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Louise FORTON was the child of Jean-François FORTON dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Louise-Catherine CHAMARD

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Born: 4 April 1784, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Ambroise LECLERC 26 January 1801 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) dit BISIN and Louise FORTON 17 April 1768, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.