Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN

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11 August 1729 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

15 November 1808 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

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Born: 11 August 1729 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT

Mother: Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT , Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: Jean DUBOIS , Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

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Marguerite married Joseph VIENS dit JEAN 9 November 1751 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph VIENS dit JEAN was born 7 August 1725 in Champlain, Canada, New France . Joseph died 26 March 1763 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Joseph VIENS dit JEAN and Jacqueline BILLY.

Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN died 15 November 1808 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN married

Joseph VIENS dit JEAN
Marriage date: 9 November 1751
Marriage place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Joseph VIENS dit JEAN was the child of Joseph VIENS dit JEAN and Jacqueline BILLY

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Marie-Josephte VIENS

Born: 23 May 1762, Champlain, Canada
Died: 30 August 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE 31 October 1785 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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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 — 1729
11 August 1729
Champlain, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN and Joseph VIENS dit JEAN 9 November 1751 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

She was 22 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte VIENS was born 23 May 1762, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marguerite was 32 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.

1763 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph VIENS dit JEAN died 26 March 1763, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte VIENS married 31 October 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada to Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE

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

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

1799 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte VIENS died 30 August 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite was 70 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

Death — 1808
15 November 1808
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 79.

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