Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY

(b. 17 December 1752 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1838 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY was born 17 December 1752 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY was the child of Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT and Marie-Anne PERRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Laurent SURPRENANT and Jeanne BEAUVAIS (maternal) Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Madeleine ROY

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

Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT 21 September 1778 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT was born abt. 1756 Elisabeth Isabelle died 6 May 1815 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Elisabeth Isabelle was the child of Jacques HÉBERT and Marie LANDRY.

Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY died 5 January 1838 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY married

Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT-- Date: 21 September 1778 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT was the child of Jacques HÉBERT and Marie LANDRY

Children of Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT:

Marie-Josephe SURPRENANT (b.abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis LANOUE 6 November 1797 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Elisabeth-Isabelle SURPRENANT (b.25 May 1784, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. René THIBODEAU 30 June 1807 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1752 Birth
17 December 1752
La Prairie, 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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Elisabeth Isabelle HÉBERT 21 September 1778, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 25 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle SURPRENANT was born 25 May 1784, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe SURPRENANT married 6 November 1797, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Louis LANOUE

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle SURPRENANT married 30 June 1807, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to René THIBODEAU