Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born

Died

abt. 1917 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Age: 73

Séraphine married Pierre PREFONTAINE 11 August 1868 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre PREFONTAINE was born 27 September 1842 in Beloeil, Canada East . Pierre was the child of Antoine FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE and Marie-Adelaide LAMBERT dite HÉBERT .

Parents & Family of Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Parents of Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Father

François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Mother

Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE

Grandparents of Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Paternal grandparents

François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT

Maternal grandparents

Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE Angélique BEAUDRY

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN married

Pierre PREFONTAINE
Marriage date: 11 August 1868
Marriage place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada
Pierre PREFONTAINE was the child of Antoine FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE and Marie-Adelaide LAMBERT dite HÉBERT

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

Children of Pierre PREFONTAINE and Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Alma-Elisabeth PREFONTAINE

Born: abt. 1874, Beloeil, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François BORDUAS 21 May 1901 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Séraphine'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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1844
1 March 1844
Beloeil, Canada East

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.

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.

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

Mariage

Séraphine était à Saint-Hilaire en 1871, en 1881 et en 1891. Veuve à Saint-Hilaire en 1901 et 1911.

Elle a épousé Pierre Préfontaine à Belœil en 1868.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Séraphine PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN and Pierre PREFONTAINE 11 August 1868 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 24 years old.

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

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

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.

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

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1901 Marriage of Child
Alma-Elisabeth PREFONTAINE married 21 May 1901, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada to François BORDUAS

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

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