Joseph VEL dit SANSOUCY

(b. 18 July 1736 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. , )

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Joseph VEL dit SANSOUCY was born 18 July 1736 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Joseph VEL dit SANSOUCY was the child of François VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Josephe CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean VEL dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne RAIMBAULT (maternal) André CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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Joseph married Marie-Anne PICHET dite DUPRÉ 5 July 1773 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PICHET dite DUPRÉ was born 9 March 1753 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ (PICHET) and Marie-Anne PROVOST.

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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Joseph VEL dit SANSOUCY married

Marie-Anne PICHET dite DUPRÉ-- Date: 5 July 1773 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne PICHET dite DUPRÉ was the child of Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ (PICHET) and Marie-Anne PROVOST

Children of Joseph VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne PICHET dite DUPRÉ:

Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 May 1805, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE 12 July 1791 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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