Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME

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7 August 1750 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

1 May 1820 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME Geneviève MARTIN

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Born: 7 August 1750 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME

Mother: Geneviève MARTIN

Paternal grandparents: Noël BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ , Anne-Félicité HAMEL

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MARTIN , Marie-Françoise LEBEL

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Charles married Therese BERUBE 27 May 1782 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Therese BERUBE was born 13 August 1755 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . Therese died 16 April 1806 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . Therese was the child of Joseph BERUBE and Angélique THIBAULT.

Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME died 1 May 1820 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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Therese BERUBE
Marriage date: 27 May 1782
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese BERUBE was the child of Joseph BERUBE and Angélique THIBAULT

Children of Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Therese BERUBE

Pierre BEAUPRÉ

Born: 9 May 1783, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 24 June 1860 , Le Bic, Canada

Married: Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER 24 November 1806 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Louise BEAUPRÉ

Born: 6 April 1792, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Died: 13 September 1851, Ste-Anne des Monts, Quebec, Canada

Married: Jean-Charles PELLETIER 12 October 1807 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1750
7 August 1750
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Therese BERUBE 27 May 1782 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 31 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Pierre BEAUPRÉ was born 9 May 1783, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Charles was 32 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Louise BEAUPRÉ was born 6 April 1792, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Charles was 41 years old.

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

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