Claude DESMARAIS dit BEAULAC

Born

15 December 1751 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

7 January 1830 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Michel DESMARAIS Therese LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU)

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Claude DESMARAIS dit BEAULAC was born 15 December 1751 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Claude DESMARAIS dit BEAULAC was the child of Michel DESMARAIS and Therese LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul-Charles DESMARAIS and Marie-Catherine FERRÉ dite LACHAPELLE (maternal) Pierre-Sulpice LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU) and Marie-Louise BOUSQUET

Claude DESMARAIS dit BEAULAC died 7 January 1830 in Montréal, 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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1751 Birth
15 December 1751
Verchères, 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.