Jean-Baptiste SEL dit SANSQUATIER (LACELLE)

(b. abt. 1735 , France d. 5 September 1810 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste SEL dit SANSQUATIER (LACELLE) was born abt. 1735 in France

Jean-Baptiste SEL dit SANSQUATIER (LACELLE) was the child of ? and ?

Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1760.

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe SOREL dite LANDRENAULT 24 November 1760 in Chambly, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephe SOREL dite LANDRENAULT was born 17 January 1746 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Marie-Josephe died 10 December 1811 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean-Baptiste SOREL dit LANDRENAULT and Josephe VIAU.

Jean-Baptiste SEL dit SANSQUATIER (LACELLE) died 5 September 1810 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

son of Antoine Jean Sel dit Sansquatier and Antoinette LaFond

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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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