Octave PETIT

Born

3 September 1815 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

17 May 1870 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Age: 55

Octave married Sophie LAMBERT 7 November 1837 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Sophie LAMBERT was born 9 January 1817 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . Sophie died 16 October 1901 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada . Sophie was the child of Joseph HÉBERT dit LAMBERT and Madeleine BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE .

Parents & Family of Octave PETIT

Parents of Octave PETIT

Father

François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Mother

Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT

Grandparents of Octave PETIT

Paternal grandparents

Paul PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN Charlotte DANSEREAU

Maternal grandparents

Pierre LAMBERT dit HÉBERT Monique BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) GRAVELINE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Octave PETIT

Octave PETIT married

Sophie LAMBERT
Marriage date: 7 November 1837
Marriage place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Sophie LAMBERT was the child of Joseph HÉBERT dit LAMBERT and Madeleine BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Octave PETIT and Sophie LAMBERT

Sophie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Frédéric PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Octavie BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 7 January 1846, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1916, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: David PREFONTAINE 22 May 1888 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Emma PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Elie PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Euclide PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 24 July 1855, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Emery PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1861, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: 4 April 1941, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Octave's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1815
3 September 1815
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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

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

Beauchemin (Petit), Octave

À Belœil en 1837 et à Chambly en 1840.

Il a épousé Sophie Lambert à Belœil en 1837.

Père de Philomène (1838), Sophie (1840), Frédéric (1843), Octavie (1846), Emma (1849), Euclide (1853), Élie (1858), Joseph-Alfred (1860) et Éméry (1861).

1837 Marriage / Partner
Octave PETIT and Sophie LAMBERT 7 November 1837, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Octavie BEAUCHEMIN was born 7 January 1846, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Octave was 30 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.

1855 Birth of Child
Euclide PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 24 July 1855, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Octave was 39 years old.

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

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.