Joseph-Amable BASTIEN dit VANASSE

(b. 17 August 1759 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1794 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Amable BASTIEN dit VANASSE was born 17 August 1759 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Joseph-Amable BASTIEN dit VANASSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste VANASSE and Marie-Elisabeth SICARD dite CARUFEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien VANASSE and Marie-Suzanne BARON dite LUPIEN (maternal) Jean SICARD dit CARUFEL and Geneviève RATTÉ

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Joseph-Amable married Francoise VINCENT 12 November 1781 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . Francoise VINCENT was born abt. 1758 Francoise died 15 April 1794 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Francoise was the child of Joseph VINCENT and Jeanne BENOIT.

Joseph-Amable BASTIEN dit VANASSE died 6 April 1794 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .

m. Francoise Vincent

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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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Francoise VINCENT-- Date: 12 November 1781 Place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise VINCENT was the child of Joseph VINCENT and Jeanne BENOIT

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1759 Birth
17 August 1759
Maskinongé, 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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Amable BASTIEN dit VANASSE and Francoise VINCENT 12 November 1781, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 22 years old.