Joseph-Amable TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT

(b. 17 November 1743 , Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1777 , Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Amable TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT was born 17 November 1743 in Donnacona, Canada, New France

Joseph-Amable TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSAULT and Marie-Catherine VERONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSAULT and Madeleine TURCOT (TURCOTTE) (maternal) Louis VERONNEAU and Marguerite MAUGRAS

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Joseph-Amable married Marie-Thérèse LEVEILLE 28 January 1771 in Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Thérèse LEVEILLE was born 20 July 1745 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Thérèse died 1 April 1790 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVEILLE and Marie-Catherine GODIN.

Joseph-Amable TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT died 24 December 1777 in Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Leveille Marie-Therese

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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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Marie-Thérèse LEVEILLE-- Date: 28 January 1771 Place: Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse LEVEILLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVEILLE and Marie-Catherine GODIN

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1743 Birth
17 November 1743
Donnacona, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Amable TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT and Marie-Thérèse LEVEILLE 28 January 1771, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

He was 27 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.