Jean-Baptiste
OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE
(b.
10 September 1781
,
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
15 April 1860
,
Contrecœur, Canada East
)
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Jean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE was born 10 September 1781 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE was the child of Paul OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE and Marie-Josephe-Louise GUIGNARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ange OSSANT (AUSSAN) and Antoinette BONIN dite DÉLISLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GUIGNARD (GIGNARD) and Elisabeth NADEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Amable MATTE 24 January 1803 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable MATTE was born 4 September 1773 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Amable died 5 June 1848 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Amable was the child of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Marguerite CHARBONNEAU.
Jean-Baptiste OSSANT (AUSSAN) dit LANGE died 15 April 1860 in Contrecœur, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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