Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Born

16 August 1816 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

30 September 1876 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

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Born: 16 August 1816 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Parents of Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Father

Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE

Mother

Angélique BEAUDRY

Grandparents of Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE Angélique BRODEUR

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Louis BEAUDRY Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Lucie married Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 6 October 1835 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 9 June 1816 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . Joseph died 12 May 1850 in Beloeil, Canada East . Joseph was the child of Pierre PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marie RENAUD.

Lucie married (2) Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME 4 October 1852 in Beloeil, Canada East . Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada. Prudent was the child of Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME and Marie-Anne GODON (GANDON).

Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE died 30 September 1876 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada .

m. Gaboriault Prudent
m. Petit Joseph

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE married

Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN
Marriage date: 6 October 1835
Marriage place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was the child of Pierre PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marie RENAUD

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

Children of Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 25 August 1843, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louise TRUDEAU 9 October 1860 Place: Beloeil, Canada East

Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE married

Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME
Marriage date: 4 October 1852
Marriage place: Beloeil, Canada East
Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME was the child of Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME and Marie-Anne GODON (GANDON)

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

Children of Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME and Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Lucie'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 — 1816
16 August 1816
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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE and Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 6 October 1835, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 19 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

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

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

1843 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 25 August 1843, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Lucie was 27 years old.

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN died 12 May 1850, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

1852 Marriage / Partner
Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE and Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME 4 October 1852, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 36 years old.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN married 9 October 1860, Beloeil, Canada East to Louise TRUDEAU

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.