Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS

(b. 10 November 1702 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 16 May 1784 , Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS was born 10 November 1702 in Laval, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste CUSSON and Marguerite ROCHEREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean CUSSON and Marie FOUBERT (maternal) Michel ROCHEREAU and Marie BIGOT

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE 23 June 1733 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE was born 7 August 1700 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marguerite was the child of Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Barbe GOURNAY dite LATOUR.

Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS died 16 May 1784 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Gauthier Marguerite

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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 CUSSON dit DESORMIERS married

Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE-- Date: 23 June 1733 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE was the child of Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Barbe GOURNAY dite LATOUR

Children of Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS and Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE:

Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS (b.20 July 1735, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Adrien CUSSON dit DESORMIERS (b.5 July 1737, Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. 2 July 1765, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marguerite CUSSON dite DESORMIERS (b.18 July 1740, Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1825, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. Etienne DUBOIS 4 August 1760 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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1702 Birth
10 November 1702
Laval, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS and Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE 23 June 1733 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 30 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CUSSON dit DESORMIERS was born 20 July 1735, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Adrien CUSSON dit DESORMIERS was born 5 July 1737, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marguerite CUSSON dite DESORMIERS was born 18 July 1740, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

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

1760 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CUSSON dite DESORMIERS married 4 August 1760, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne) to Etienne DUBOIS

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.

1765 Death of Child
Adrien CUSSON dit DESORMIERS died 2 July 1765, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jean-Baptiste was 62 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.