Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY

(b. 20 November 1736 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1771 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY was born 20 November 1736 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne VEL dite 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

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

Marie-Anne married Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN 6 July 1753 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN was born 21 August 1731 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Pierre died 29 March 1809 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Pierre was the child of Pierre ARPIN dit POITEVIN and Marguerite TRUCHON dite LÉVEILLÉ.

Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY died 4 October 1771 in Saint-Ours, 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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Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY married

Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN-- Date: 6 July 1753 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada, New France
Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN was the child of Pierre ARPIN dit POITEVIN and Marguerite TRUCHON dite LÉVEILLÉ

Children of Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN and Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY:

Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN (b.22 November 1754, Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angelique VEILLEUX 12 February 1776 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1736 Birth
20 November 1736
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY and Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN 6 July 1753, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 16 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN was born 22 November 1754, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Anne was 18 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.