Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY

(b. 25 March 1737 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 21 August 1791 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY was born 25 March 1737 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY was the child of Antoine SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne-Françoise GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu GERVAIS and Jeanne-Françoise RONCERAY

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Julie RAYMOND 9 January 1764 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Julie RAYMOND was born 30 December 1743 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Julie died 11 April 1816 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Julie was the child of Louis BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND and Madeleine LAROCHE.

Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY died 21 August 1791 in La Prairie, 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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Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY married

Marie-Julie RAYMOND-- Date: 9 January 1764 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Julie RAYMOND was the child of Louis BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND and Madeleine LAROCHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Julie RAYMOND:

Jacques-Alexis SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY (b.23 October 1780, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 March 1850, La Prairie, Canada East )

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1737 Birth
25 March 1737
La Prairie, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Julie RAYMOND 9 January 1764, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

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.

1780 Birth of Child
Jacques-Alexis SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY was born 23 October 1780, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)