Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Born

13 September 1767 , Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 January 1850 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Suzanne married Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE 4 April 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 29 December 1761 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 14 October 1822 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph-Jacques RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephte RICHARD dite PRE .

Parents & Family of Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Parents of Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Father

Alexis BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

Mother

Marie Anne PARR

Grandparents of Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents

Jean PARR Marie Josephte ROY dite LALIBERTÉ

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE married

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE
Marriage date: 4 April 1785
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was the child of Joseph-Jacques RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephte RICHARD dite PRE

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Theotiste RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 August 1844, , Québec Province, Canada

Adelaide RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 2 September 1789, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 23 December 1850, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Alexis DURAND 11 August 1818 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Joseph RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Born: 18 April 1793, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 10 February 1834, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Born: 10 April 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 21 July 1874, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Marguerite RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 29 December 1796, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 6 March 1868, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Judith-Julie RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 20 August 1798, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 16 January 1873, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Madeleine RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 3 March 1800, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Jean-Olivier RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Born: 22 June 1801, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Damase RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Born: 9 June 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 27 February 1842, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Isaac RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Born: 15 March 1805, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 28 January 1875, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Marie-Des-Anges RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 26 November 1806, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 3 February 1869, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Esther RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 21 November 1813, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Suzanne's Québec records.

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 — 1767
13 September 1767
Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE and Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE 4 April 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 17 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 2 September 1789, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 21 years old.

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Joseph RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 18 April 1793, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 25 years old.

1795 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 10 April 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 27 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Marguerite RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 29 December 1796, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 29 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Judith-Julie RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 20 August 1798, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 30 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Madeleine RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 3 March 1800, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 32 years old.

1801 Birth of Child
Jean-Olivier RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 22 June 1801, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 33 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Damase RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 9 June 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 35 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Isaac RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 15 March 1805, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 37 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Marie-Des-Anges RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 26 November 1806, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 39 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Esther RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 21 November 1813, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 46 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Marriage of Child
Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE married 11 August 1818, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada to Alexis DURAND

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE died 14 October 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Death of Child
Joseph RIVARD dit LAVIGNE died 10 February 1834, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 66 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Death of Child
Damase RIVARD dit LAVIGNE died 27 February 1842, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Suzanne was 74 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Death of Child
Theotiste RIVARD dite LAVIGNE died 12 August 1844, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Suzanne was 76 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

Death — 1850
26 January 1850
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
She died at the age of 82.

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