Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME

(b. 12 October 1757 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 16 May 1827 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME was born 12 October 1757 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marguerite 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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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE 29 January 1776 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE was born 16 June 1750 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean-Baptiste died 10 August 1831 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis MARIER dit STE-MARIE and Marie-Madeleine MARCIL (MARSIL).

Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME died 16 May 1827 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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Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME married

Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE-- Date: 29 January 1776 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE was the child of Louis MARIER dit STE-MARIE and Marie-Madeleine MARCIL (MARSIL)

Children of Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE and Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME:

Louis STE-MARIE (b.10 May 1778, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 March 1858, Saint-Rémi, Canada East )
m. Suzanne ROBERT 23 February 1808 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Louise STE MARIE (b.23 October 1781, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Paul BROSSARD 21 November 1803 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1757 Birth
12 October 1757
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME and Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE 29 January 1776, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 18 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Louis STE-MARIE was born 10 May 1778, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite was 20 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise STE MARIE was born 23 October 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite was 24 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)

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise STE MARIE married 21 November 1803, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Paul BROSSARD

1808 Marriage of Child
Louis STE-MARIE married 23 February 1808, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Suzanne ROBERT

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)