Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE

Born

10 September 1812 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1897 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Age: 85

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Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE Angélique BEAUDRY

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Born: 10 September 1812 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE

Mother: Angélique BEAUDRY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE , Angélique BRODEUR

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Louis BEAUDRY , Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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Marie-Placide married François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 27 November 1832 in St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil Québec. . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 21 August 1812 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). François died 22 October 1862 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). François was the child of François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT.

Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE died abt. 1897 in Beloeil, Québec, 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.

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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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Spouse & Children of Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE

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Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE married

François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN
Marriage date: 27 November 1832
Marriage place: St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil Québec.
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was the child of François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT

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Children of François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE

Eulalie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 14 November 1833, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Alexandre PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 22 December 1834, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Fulgence PETIT

Born: February 8 1836, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: June 16 1876, Chambly, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomène ARCHAMBAULT 1856 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Célina PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1837, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1871, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Clement LAMOUREUX 8 August 1858 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Virginie (Herménégilde) PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1839, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Damase PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1840, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Philomène PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 2 March 1842, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: 7 September 1919, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: François LAMBERT 7 February 1872 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 1 March 1844, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: abt. 1917, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre PREFONTAINE 11 August 1868 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph-Euclide PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1845, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

Mélisa PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1845, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

Sophie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 23 July 1847, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: abt. 1928, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Cleophas FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE 3 May 1870 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Camille PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1850, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

Alphonsine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1850, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1812
10 September 1812
Beloeil, Lower Canada

Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE - Baptism

Baptism

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE and François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 27 November 1832, St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil Québec.

She was 20 years old.

Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE - 1832 marriage

1832 marriage

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

1833 Birth of Child
Eulalie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was born 14 November 1833, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Placide was 21 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Alexandre PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 22 December 1834, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Placide was 22 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Fulgence PETIT was born February 8 1836, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Placide was 23 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

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

1842 Birth of Child
Philomène PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was born 2 March 1842, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Placide was 29 years old.

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

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

1844 Birth of Child
Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was born 1 March 1844, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Placide was 31 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Sophie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was born 23 July 1847, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Placide was 34 years old.

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.

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

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

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Célina PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN married 8 August 1858, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Clement LAMOUREUX

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN died 22 October 1862, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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.

1868 Marriage of Child
Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN married 11 August 1868 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Pierre PREFONTAINE

1870 Marriage of Child
Sophie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN married 3 May 1870, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Joseph-Cleophas FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE

1872 Marriage of Child
Philomène PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN married 7 February 1872, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to François LAMBERT

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

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Death of Child
Fulgence PETIT died June 16 1876, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Placide was 63 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada