Joseph BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE

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27 March 1729 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

24 July 1796 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE Françoise BAZINET

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Born: 27 March 1729 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste BAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE

Mother: Françoise BAZINET

Paternal grandparents: Urbain BOUDROT (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE , Marguerite-Mathurine JUILLET

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BAZINET dit TOURBLANCHE , Françoise JANOT

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN 25 January 1751 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN was born 7 August 1731 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Josephte died 14 September 1798 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Josephte was the child of Pierre-François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT and Geneviève TOURNOIS.

Joseph BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE died 24 July 1796 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .

m. Marie Josephte Peloquin
25 January 1751
Sorel, Quebec

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN
Marriage date: 25 January 1751
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN was the child of Pierre-François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT and Geneviève TOURNOIS

Children of Joseph BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE and Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN

Pierre BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE

Born: 23 April 1762, Saint-Ours, Canada
Died: 29 March 1825, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Archange DESMARAIS 13 February 1804 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE

Born: 24 May 1771, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY 12 July 1791 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1729
27 March 1729
Montréal, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) dit GRAVELINE and Marie-Josephte PÉLOQUIN 25 January 1751, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Birth of Child
Pierre BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE was born 23 April 1762, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Joseph was 33 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1771 Birth of Child
Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE was born 24 May 1771, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 42 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Antoine BEAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE married 12 July 1791, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)