Pierre BUREAU dit SANSOUCY

(b. abt. 1720 , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 November 1808 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BUREAU dit SANSOUCY was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre BUREAU dit SANSOUCY was the child of Jean BUREAU dit SANSSOUCY and Marie-Anne LACHAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BUREAU dit SANSSOUCY and Marie-Anne GAUVIN (maternal) Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Anne HULIN

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

Pierre married Thérèse BRUNET 11 May 1757 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse BRUNET was born 28 July 1728 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Thérèse died 3 July 1800 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Thérèse was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRUNET and Angélique SEDILOT dite MONTREUIL.

Pierre BUREAU dit SANSOUCY died 6 November 1808 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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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Pierre BUREAU dit SANSOUCY married

Thérèse BRUNET-- Date: 11 May 1757 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France
Thérèse BRUNET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRUNET and Angélique SEDILOT dite MONTREUIL

Children of Pierre BUREAU dit SANSOUCY and Thérèse BRUNET:

Marie-Louise BUREAU dite SANSOUCY (b.9 April 1758, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1789, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Pierre BOULET (BOULAY) 21 September 1778 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BUREAU dit SANSOUCY and Thérèse BRUNET 11 May 1757, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BUREAU dite SANSOUCY was born 9 April 1758, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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.

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BUREAU dite SANSOUCY married 21 September 1778, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Pierre BOULET (BOULAY)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)