Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born

13 February 1794 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Died

11 August 1869 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Pierre married Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX 11 August 1817 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX was born 22 August 1794 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . Angéle (Angélique) died 8 April 1871 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada . Angéle (Angélique) was the child of Alexandre DOIRON and Françoise ROY .

Parents & Family of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Parents of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Father

Pierre-Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Mother

Marie-Josephte VANDAL

Grandparents of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Paternal grandparents

Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE Marie-Anne HÉNAULT (ENAUD) dite LAFRENIERE (FRESNIÈRE)

Maternal grandparents

Jacques VANDAL Louise-Thérèse VENNE

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married

Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX
Marriage date: 11 August 1817
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX was the child of Alexandre DOIRON and Françoise ROY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

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

Children of Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX

Norbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 29 August 1818, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 23 November 1856, Lanoraie, Canada East

Matilde BEAUGRAND

Born: 28 September 1819, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Isidore BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 6 January 1824, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 February 1898, Arthabaska, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada

Hilaire BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 18 September 1825, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Hippolyte BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 28 September 1828, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 13 August 1892, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Elzear-Alfred BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: abt. 1830, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie BEAUGRAND

Born: 25 August 1830, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 31 August 1833, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 16 April 1907, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Emilie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: abt. 1834, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 28 November 1835, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre'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 — 1794
13 February 1794
Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX 11 August 1817, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 23 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 Birth of Child
Norbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 29 August 1818, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Matilde BEAUGRAND was born 28 September 1819, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 25 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1824 Birth of Child
Isidore BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 6 January 1824, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 29 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
Hilaire BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 18 September 1825, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 31 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Hippolyte BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 28 September 1828, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 34 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Marie BEAUGRAND was born 25 August 1830, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 31 August 1833, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Aurelie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 28 November 1835, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 41 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

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

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

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Death of Child
Norbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 23 November 1856, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Pierre was 62 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.