Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born

2 August 1812 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

6 October 1891 , Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Alexis-Maxime married Elisabeth MATTE 24 February 1835 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Elisabeth MATTE was born abt. 1815 in Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Antoine MATTE and Marie VANDAL .

Parents & Family of Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Parents of Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Father

Pierre-Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Mother

Marie-Josephte VANDAL

Grandparents of Alexis-Maxime 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 Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married

Elisabeth MATTE
Marriage date: 24 February 1835
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Société de Généalogie Les Patriotes Inc. Index des mariages de la région de Sorel, Québec, Canada
A People's History of Quebec

Elisabeth MATTE was the child of Antoine MATTE and Marie VANDAL

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

Children of Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Elisabeth MATTE

Rose-Delima BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 18 January 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Philomene BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 22 September 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 15 March 1920, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 26 February 1843, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 1 March 1843, Sorel, Canada East

Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 17 February 1844, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Elie BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 11 March 1846, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 November 1906, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Delphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born: 11 March 1850, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 24 March 1921, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Francois BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 15 February 1854, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 14 September 1913, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Alexis-Maxime'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 — 1812
2 August 1812
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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.

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Elisabeth MATTE 24 February 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Rose-Delima BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 18 January 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 23 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

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 22 September 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 26 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 26 February 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 30 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 17 February 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 31 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Elie BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 11 March 1846, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Alexis-Maxime was 33 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Delphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 11 March 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 37 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
Francois BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 15 February 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 41 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.