Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

(b. 6 April 1782 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 May 1838 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN was born 6 April 1782 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN was the child of Antoine MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN and Thérèse DUFAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN and Marie-Marguerite MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE (maternal) Joseph DUFAULT and Marie-Josephe ALLAIRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Charlotte BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR 19 November 1810 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . Charlotte BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR was born 26 November 1794 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Charlotte died 29 January 1884 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne CATY.

Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN died 13 May 1838 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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 BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR-- Date: 19 November 1810 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Charlotte BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR was the child of Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne CATY

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1782 Birth
6 April 1782
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN and Charlotte BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR 19 November 1810, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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