Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME

(b. 22 October 1764 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 January 1829 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME was born 22 October 1764 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME 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-Anne married Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET 26 November 1787 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET was born 23 September 1762 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jacques died 23 August 1834 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jacques was the child of Jean CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET and Marie-Geneviève ARTEAU dite SAINT-PIERRE (HARTEAU).

Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME died 20 January 1829 in La Prairie, 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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Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME married

Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET-- Date: 26 November 1787 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET was the child of Jean CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET and Marie-Geneviève ARTEAU dite SAINT-PIERRE (HARTEAU)

Children of Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET and Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME:

Marguerite CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET (b.23 October 1788, Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 December 1848, Saint-Constant, Canada East)
m. Toussaint PERRAS 11 July 1808 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1764 Birth
22 October 1764
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME and Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET 26 November 1787, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 23 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Marguerite CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET was born 23 October 1788, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marie-Anne was 24 years old.

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

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

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

1808 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET married 11 July 1808, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Toussaint PERRAS

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