Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE

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abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

7 March 1826 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT

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Born: abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE

Mother: Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE , Anne BENARD dite BOURJOLI

Maternal grandparents: François BIGOT , Marie-Anne PERROT (PERRAULT)

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Charles married Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE 19 October 1759 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE was born 3 February 1740 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Geneviève died 24 April 1796 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Geneviève was the child of Richard Jacques RICHARD dit PRAY and Louise POTHIER.

Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE died 7 March 1826 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower 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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Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE
Marriage date: 19 October 1759
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE was the child of Richard Jacques RICHARD dit PRAY and Louise POTHIER

Children of Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE

Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

Born: 23 August 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Died: 21 September 1833, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Louis MAILLOT dit VILOCHE 13 January 1783 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

Born: 8 June 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 March 1807, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Francois DUBOIS 8 August 1785 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Marriage / Partner
Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE 19 October 1759, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1760 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE was born 23 August 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE was born 8 June 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE married 13 January 1783, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph-Louis MAILLOT dit VILOCHE

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE married 8 August 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Francois DUBOIS

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE died 24 April 1796, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

1807 Death of Child
Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE died 7 March 1807, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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)

Death — 1826
7 March 1826
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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