Françoise BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

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abt. 1785 , Québec Province, Canada

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Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE Marguerite MOREAU

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Born: abt. 1785 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

Mother: Marguerite MOREAU

Paternal grandparents: François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE , Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY

Maternal grandparents: Michel-Amable MOREAU , Marguerite-Amable FAFARD

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Françoise married Charles LAVALLÉE 7 January 1811 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles LAVALLÉE was born 27 September 1784 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charles died 7 October 1868 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Charles was the child of Pierre LAVALLÉE and Marie PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX.

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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Françoise BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE married

Charles LAVALLÉE
Marriage date: 7 January 1811
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Charles LAVALLÉE was the child of Pierre LAVALLÉE and Marie PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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Children of Charles LAVALLÉE and Françoise BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Pierre LAVALLEE

Born: abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Judith HUS COURNOYER 11 February 1839 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph LAVALLÉE

Born: 15 December 1818, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie HUS COURNOYER 2 February 1841 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Aurelie LAVALLEE

Born: 28 September 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 13 November 1904, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Nazaire GRENIER 3 February 1859 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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