Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

(b. abt. 1845 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 October 1877 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

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Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born abt. 1845 in Québec Province, Canada

Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was the child of Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Stéphanie (Sophronie) GIBOULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT (maternal) Christophe GIBOULOU dit LAFLEUR and Catherine GUYON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Theophile never married Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE 25 October 1864 in Beloeil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE was born 9 September 1844 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Azilda died 13 June 1917 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Azilda was the child of Joseph-Octave ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Mathilde CHAMPOUX.

Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN died 17 October 1877 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada .

m. Azilda Robert married 1864 in Beloeil, Québec

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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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Family and Children of Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

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Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN never married

Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE-- Date: 25 October 1864 Place: Beloeil, Canada East
Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Joseph-Octave ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Mathilde CHAMPOUX

Their son
Théophile-Wilfrid and Maximilienne Duphresne married 1890 in Chambly.

Their son
Georges-Benoit and Thérèse Provost married 1943 in Ste-Julie, Québec.

Their Son
Maxime was born February 10, 1945 and died June 5, 2011. On July 17, 1965 he Marie Paule Royer in Beloeil Québec.

Their children
Sylvie Beauchemin, born December 24, 1965,never married. One child,Katherine Beauchemin born September 19, 1989 father Michel Denis.

Nathalie Beauchemin, born May 9, 1967 married Robert Gatien. They have two children, Annie and Alexandra.

Johanne Despres never married.

Yoan Gauthier born May 18, 1971 Married Roxane Robitaille August 31, 2008. Yoan has one son by Nicole Carrière, Anthony Gauthier born November 19, 1998..

Yoan was adopted in the spring of 1973 by André Gauthier and Monique Fortin of St-Basile-le-Grand, Québec. He was 14 when his sister found him and told him about his biological family.

Micheline MacDonald from Yoan Gauthier

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Children of Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE:

Théophile-Wilfrid PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN (b.March 1868, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Maximilienne DUFRESNE 1890 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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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.

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)

1864 Marriage / Partner
Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE 25 October 1864, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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.