Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born

17 June 1817 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

15 October 1871 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

Gilbert married Angélique ST-MARTIN 24 August 1841 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Angélique ST-MARTIN was born 17 June 1823 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Angélique died 28 February 1894 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Angélique was the child of Sauveur ST-MARTIN and Angélique WELLES .

Parents & Family of Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Parents of Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Father

Pierre-Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Mother

Marie-Josephte VANDAL

Grandparents of Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Paternal grandparents

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

Maternal grandparents

Jacques VANDAL Louise-Thérèse VENNE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married

Angélique ST-MARTIN
Marriage date: 24 August 1841
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Source: Société de Généalogie Les Patriotes Inc. Index des mariages de la région de Sorel, Québec, Canada
A People's History of Quebec

Angélique ST-MARTIN was the child of Sauveur ST-MARTIN and Angélique WELLES

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 Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique ST-MARTIN

Joseph BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 30 April 1843, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 26 January 1895, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite LAMBERT 11 August 1873 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

Camille-Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 21 February 1845, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 13 March 1848, , Québec Province, Canada

Simon BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 24 November 1846, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph-Adolphe BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 29 October 1848, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Octavie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 30 July 1850, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 4 August 1850, , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 30 September 1851, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Henriette-Malvina BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 17 January 1854, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Louis-Alfred BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 25 October 1855, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Moise BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 19 July 1857, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Lucie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 29 April 1859, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 25 March 1860, , Québec Province, Canada

Camille BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 21 May 1861, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 18 February 1862, , Québec Province, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Gilbert'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 — 1817
17 June 1817
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique ST-MARTIN 24 August 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 30 April 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 25 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Camille-Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 21 February 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 27 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Simon BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 24 November 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 29 years old.

1848 Death of Child
Camille-Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 13 March 1848, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gilbert was 30 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Joseph-Adolphe BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 29 October 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 31 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Marie-Octavie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 30 July 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 33 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Marie-Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 30 September 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 34 years old.

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

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

1854 Birth of Child
Henriette-Malvina BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 17 January 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 36 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Louis-Alfred BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 25 October 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 38 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Moise BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 19 July 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 40 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Lucie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 29 April 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 41 years old.

1860 Death of Child
Lucie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE died 25 March 1860, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gilbert was 42 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Camille BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 21 May 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 43 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Camille BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 18 February 1862, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gilbert was 44 years old.

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.