Pierre
VEL dit SANSOUCY
(b.
23 March 1741
,
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France
d.
20 August 1818
,
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY was born 23 March 1741 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France
Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY was the child of Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean VEL dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne RAIMBAULT (maternal) Pierre ROY dit POITEVIN and Marie-Anne LEPAGE PAGESI ST-AMANDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Madeleine Esther GIROUARD 1 February 1773 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine Esther GIROUARD was born 23 September 1754 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Madeleine Esther was the child of Joseph GIROUARD and Nathalie Anastasie LEBLANC.
Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY died 20 August 1818 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .
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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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