Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY

(b. 23 March 1741 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1818 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY was born 23 March 1741 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY was the child of Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean VEL dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne RAIMBAULT (maternal) Pierre ROY dit POITEVIN and Marie-Anne LEPAGE PAGESI ST-AMAND

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Pierre married Madeleine Esther GIROUARD 1 February 1773 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine Esther GIROUARD was born 23 September 1754 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Madeleine Esther was the child of Joseph GIROUARD and Nathalie Anastasie LEBLANC.

Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY died 20 August 1818 in Saint-Ours, 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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Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY married

Madeleine Esther GIROUARD-- Date: 1 February 1773 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine Esther GIROUARD was the child of Joseph GIROUARD and Nathalie Anastasie LEBLANC

Children of Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine Esther GIROUARD:

Marguerite VEL dite SANSOUCY (b.29 April 1775, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 October 1857, Saint-Ours, Canada East )
m. Louis CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 21 September 1795 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Angelique VEL dite SANSOUCY (b.17 July 1777, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 April 1819, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN 21 September 1795 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1741 Birth
23 March 1741
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine Esther GIROUARD 1 February 1773, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 31 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marguerite VEL dite SANSOUCY was born 29 April 1775, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Pierre was 34 years old.

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Angelique VEL dite SANSOUCY was born 17 July 1777, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Pierre was 36 years old.

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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Angelique VEL dite SANSOUCY married 21 September 1795, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN

1795 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VEL dite SANSOUCY married 21 September 1795 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Louis CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)