Louis COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN

(b. 20 January 1752 , Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1820 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Louis COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN was born 20 January 1752 in Berthierville, Canada, New France

Louis COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Josephte GLADU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas GLADU dit COGNAC and Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

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Louis married Charlotte ALLAIRE 28 April 1778 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . Charlotte ALLAIRE was born 6 October 1761 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Charlotte was the child of Theophile ALLAIRE and Felicite-Claire AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Louis COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN died 22 May 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Charlotte ALLAIRE-- Date: 28 April 1778 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte ALLAIRE was the child of Theophile ALLAIRE and Felicite-Claire AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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1752 Birth
20 January 1752
Berthierville, 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
Louis COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN and Charlotte ALLAIRE 28 April 1778, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 26 years old.

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)

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.