Françoise LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT

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3 June 1738 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

4 November 1798 , Québec Province, Canada

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François LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT Marguerite HOUDE

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Born: 3 June 1738 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT

Mother: Marguerite HOUDE

Paternal grandparents: Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT , Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS , Marie-Madeleine LEMAY

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Françoise married Joseph ROTUREAU dit BELISLE 16 July 1770 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ROTUREAU dit BELISLE was born 13 February 1725 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Joseph died 24 March 1781 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of François ROTUREAU dit BELISLE and Angelique DRAPEAU.

Françoise LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT died 4 November 1798 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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Françoise LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT married

Joseph ROTUREAU dit BELISLE
Marriage date: 16 July 1770
Marriage place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph ROTUREAU dit BELISLE was the child of François ROTUREAU dit BELISLE and Angelique DRAPEAU

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Françoise ROTUREAU dite BELISLE

Born: abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis-Pascal GRAVEL 24 February 1794 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1738
3 June 1738
Québec Province, Canada

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Françoise LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT and Joseph ROTUREAU dit BELISLE 16 July 1770, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 32 years old.

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.

1781 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph ROTUREAU dit BELISLE died 24 March 1781, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Françoise ROTUREAU dite BELISLE married 24 February 1794, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Louis-Pascal GRAVEL

Death — 1798
4 November 1798
Québec Province, Canada
She died at the age of 60.

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