Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY

(b. abt. 1775 , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 May 1805 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY was born abt. 1775 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY was the child of Joseph VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne PICHET dite DUPRÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) François VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Josephe CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ (PICHET) and Marie-Anne PROVOST

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Anne married Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE 12 July 1791 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE was born 24 May 1771 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Antoine was the child of Joseph BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE and Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN.

Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY died 2 May 1805 in Saint-Ours, 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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Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY married

Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE-- Date: 12 July 1791 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE was the child of Joseph BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE and Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN

Children of Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE and Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY:

Theodore GRAVELINE (b.16 June 1801, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 8 May 1884, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Anne DAUPHIN 17 July 1832 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

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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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY and Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE 12 July 1791, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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

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