Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY

(b. 5 January 1778 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 August 1831 , Joliette, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY was born 5 January 1778 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY was the child of Jacques LEVESQUE and Josephe LAPORTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Josephe CADIEUX (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON

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Pierre married Julie BEAUDOIN 15 April 1799 in Joliette, Lower Canada . Julie BEAUDOIN was born abt. 1779 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Julie died 26 March 1850 in St-Charles-Borromée, Canada. Julie was the child of Louis BEAUDOIN and Thérèse BEAUDRY.

Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY died 19 August 1831 in Joliette, Lower 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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Julie BEAUDOIN-- Date: 15 April 1799 Place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Julie BEAUDOIN was the child of Louis BEAUDOIN and Thérèse BEAUDRY

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1778 Birth
5 January 1778
Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY and Julie BEAUDOIN 15 April 1799, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 21 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England