Charles DIERS dit BEAULIEU

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20 February 1733 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

28 October 1803 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Pierre DIERS dit BEAULIEU Charlotte MONDIN

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Born: 20 February 1733 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre DIERS dit BEAULIEU

Mother: Charlotte MONDIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean DIHARS (DIERS) , Madeleine SCEAUX

Maternal grandparents: Antoine MONDIN , Jeanne BAILLARGEON

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Charles married Geneviève AUDET 21 February 1757 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève AUDET was born 14 August 1734 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 2 March 1802 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne JOUANNE.

Charles DIERS dit BEAULIEU died 28 October 1803 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada .
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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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Charles DIERS dit BEAULIEU married

Geneviève AUDET
Marriage date: 21 February 1757
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Geneviève AUDET was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne JOUANNE

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Charles DIERCE dit BEAULIEU

Born: 29 March 1761, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
Died: 22 January 1839, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Geneviève DENIS dite LAPIERRE 25 January 1780 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1733
20 February 1733
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Charles DIERS dit BEAULIEU and Geneviève AUDET 21 February 1757 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Charles DIERCE dit BEAULIEU was born 29 March 1761, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Charles was 28 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.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Charles DIERCE dit BEAULIEU married 25 January 1780 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Geneviève DENIS dite LAPIERRE

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

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

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