Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

Born

10 April 1718 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

19 March 1796 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Francoise GIROUARD 4 November 1745 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Francoise GIROUARD was born 10 March 1724 in Port Royal, Acadia . Francoise died 5 March 1803 Francoise was the child of Guillaume GIROUARD and Marie BERNARD dite RENOCHET .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

Parents of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

Father

Michel RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

Mother

Marie Josephe BOURGEOIS

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

Paternal grandparents

René RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ Madeleine LANDRY

Maternal grandparents

Germain BOURGEOIS Madeleine DUGAS

Jean-Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

m. Girouard Francoise

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ married

Francoise GIROUARD
Marriage date: 4 November 1745
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Francoise GIROUARD was the child of Guillaume GIROUARD and Marie BERNARD dite RENOCHET

Children of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ and Francoise GIROUARD

Joseph RICHARD

Born: abt. 1748, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 30 April 1840, Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie Felicite GAUDET 1776

Marie RICHARD

Born: abt. 1768, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 27 May 1847,

Married: Louis ALLAIN (ALAIN) 1788

François RICHARD

Born: abt. 1770, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 8 January 1854, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Judith ALLAIN 15 June 1791 Place: , Acadia, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1718
10 April 1718
Port Royal, Acadia

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1745 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ and Francoise GIROUARD 4 November 1745, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 27 years old.

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.