Fulgence PETIT

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February 8 1836 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

June 16 1876 , Chambly, Québec, Canada

Age: 40

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François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE

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Born: February 8 1836 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Father: François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Mother: Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE

Paternal grandparents: François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN , Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE , Angélique BEAUDRY

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Fulgence married Philomène ARCHAMBAULT abt. 1856 in Beloeil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Philomène ARCHAMBAULT was born abt. 1837 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Philomène died abt. 1910 in Saint-Henri, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (Tannery West). Philomène was the child of Joseph-Octave ARCHAMBAULT and Euphronsine ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE.

Fulgence PETIT died June 16 1876 in Chambly, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Farmer and merchant

A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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.

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Spouse & Children of Fulgence PETIT

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Fulgence PETIT married

Philomène ARCHAMBAULT
Marriage date: abt. 1856
Marriage place: Beloeil, Canada East
Philomène ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Joseph-Octave ARCHAMBAULT and Euphronsine ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

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Philomène was in Belœil in 1857, in 1861, in Belœil-Station in 1871, in Saint-Hilaire in 1871 and at Acton Vale en 1873.

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Children of Fulgence PETIT and Philomène ARCHAMBAULT

Anna (Philomène-Angélina) BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 26 July 1857, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada East
Died: abt. 1925, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Appolinaire ARCHAMBAULT 28 April 1896 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Fulgence-Exilias BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 3 November 1858, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: 14 November 1858, Beloeil, Canada East

Maria BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1859, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

Elméria BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1860, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: abt. 1941, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph LAPORTE 10 October 1882 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Fulgence BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 31 August 1861, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: abt. 1924, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Euphrosie LARUE 24 May 1887 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

René-Antoine-Adjutor BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 1 May 1863, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: 1 November 1863, Beloeil, Canada East

Hormidas BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1864, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Élizabeth BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1866, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

Lydia BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1868, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Blanche BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 12 August 1870, Beloeil, Québec, Canada
Died: 16 December 1946, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Justina-Laura BEAUCHEMIN

Born: September 1871, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Died: October 15 1941, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada

Married: Adolphe BAZIN June 30 1896 Place: Saint-Henri, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (Tannery West)

Cléophas BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1873, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada
Died: 25 April 1886, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1836
February 8 1836
Beloeil, Lower Canada

Fulgence PETIT - 1836 Baptism - Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil, QC, Canada

1836 Baptism - Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

Fulgence PETIT - 23 June 1856 Marriage - Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil, QC, Canada

23 June 1856 Marriage - Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Anna (Philomène-Angélina) BEAUCHEMIN was born 26 July 1857, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

Fulgence was 21 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Fulgence-Exilias BEAUCHEMIN was born 3 November 1858, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Fulgence was 22 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Joseph-Fulgence BEAUCHEMIN was born 31 August 1861, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Fulgence was 25 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
René-Antoine-Adjutor BEAUCHEMIN was born 1 May 1863, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Fulgence was 27 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Birth of Child
Marie-Blanche BEAUCHEMIN was born 12 August 1870, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Fulgence was 34 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Marie-Justina-Laura BEAUCHEMIN was born September 1871, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

Fulgence was 35 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada