Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS

(b. 17 January 1761 , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 August 1814 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS was born 17 January 1761 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS was the child of Dominique-Raphael BEAUVAIS and Marguerite LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BEAUVAIS and Jeanne DEMERS (maternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN and Marguerite MOQUIN

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Marie-Josette married Joseph-Marie MOQUIN 11 October 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie MOQUIN was born 4 February 1756 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph-Marie died 8 September 1834 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph-Marie was the child of François-Antoine MOQUIN and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT.

Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS died 6 August 1814 in Québec Province, 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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Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS married

Joseph-Marie MOQUIN-- Date: 11 October 1779 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie MOQUIN was the child of François-Antoine MOQUIN and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT

Children of Joseph-Marie MOQUIN and Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS:

Marie-Anne MOQUIN (b.23 March 1799, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste NORMANDIN 27 October 1817 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1761 Birth
17 January 1761
Québec Province, Canada

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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS and Joseph-Marie MOQUIN 11 October 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 18 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1799 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MOQUIN was born 23 March 1799, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Josette was 38 years old.

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