Antoine BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT

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21 September 1721 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

5 November 1786 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

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Born: 21 September 1721 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT

Mother: Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT , Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: Jean DUBOIS , Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

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Antoine married Madeleine CARPENTIER dite BAILLY 8 November 1751 in Champlain, Canada, New France . Madeleine CARPENTIER dite BAILLY was born 21 May 1720 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Madeleine died 24 March 1783 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY and Jeanne PROVENCHER.

Antoine BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT died 5 November 1786 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, 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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Madeleine CARPENTIER dite BAILLY
Marriage date: 8 November 1751
Marriage place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Madeleine CARPENTIER dite BAILLY was the child of Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY and Jeanne PROVENCHER

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Birth — 1721
21 September 1721
Champlain, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Antoine BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT and Madeleine CARPENTIER dite BAILLY 8 November 1751, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 30 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.