Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Born

5 June 1806 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

11 June 1882 , Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada

Augustin married Adelaide BELAND 22 January 1827 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Adelaide BELAND was born 13 April 1803 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . Adelaide died 28 July 1844 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East . Adelaide was the child of Joseph BELAND and Thérèse LAMARRE .

Parents & Family of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Parents of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Father

Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Mother

Marie-Judith-Julie GOULET

Grandparents of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Simon SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL Marguerite BAILLARGEON

Maternal grandparents

Joseph GOULET Marie-Josephe ROUTHIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL married

Adelaide BELAND
Marriage date: 22 January 1827
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Adelaide BELAND was the child of Joseph BELAND and Thérèse LAMARRE

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

Children of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Adelaide BELAND

Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Born: 10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 18 June 1915, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie BELAND 12 January 1858 Place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East

Isidore SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

Born: 10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 18 October 1899, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Augustin'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 — 1806
5 June 1806
Sainte-Élisabeth, 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 Marriage / Partner
Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Adelaide BELAND 22 January 1827, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 20 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Augustin was 28 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Isidore SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Augustin was 28 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)

1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adelaide BELAND died 28 July 1844, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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.

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 Marriage of Child
Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL married 12 January 1858, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East to Julie BELAND

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.