François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE

(b. 3 April 1725 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 3 June 1774 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE was born 3 April 1725 in Montréal, Canada, New France

François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROMAN and Marie-Josephte LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (maternal) Julien LEBLANC and Anne-Louise VANIER

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

François married Marie-Anne PAQUET 8 January 1748 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne PAQUET was born 8 April 1721 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Anne died 2 October 1795 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne was the child of Etienne PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie-Anne ROY.

François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE died 3 June 1774 in La Prairie, 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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Family and Children of François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE

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François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE married

Marie-Anne PAQUET-- Date: 8 January 1748 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne PAQUET was the child of Etienne PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie-Anne ROY

Children of François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE and Marie-Anne PAQUET:

Joseph ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE (b.2 February 1759, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1832, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Angélique CIRCÉ 22 November 1784 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Anne-Josephte ROMAN (b.9 February 1762, La Prairie, Canada d. 15 April 1842, Napierville, Canada East )
m. Jacob INKEL (HENCKEL) 4 August 1783 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1725 Birth
3 April 1725
Montréal, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
François ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE and Marie-Anne PAQUET 8 January 1748, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph ROMAN dit SANS-CRAINTE was born 2 February 1759, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

François was 33 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Josephte ROMAN was born 9 February 1762, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

François was 36 years old.

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.