Louise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHENE

Born

9 October 1740 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Died

27 January 1822 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE Marie-Louise MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT)

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Born: 9 October 1740 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE

Mother: Marie-Louise MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE , Anne BENARD dite BOURJOLI

Maternal grandparents: Jacques MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) , Catherine BARIL

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Louise married Charles HAMEL 31 March 1761 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada . Charles HAMEL was born 25 November 1735 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Charles died 28 April 1800 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Charles was the child of Louis HAMEL and Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE.

Louise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHENE died 27 January 1822 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Charles HAMEL
Marriage date: 31 March 1761
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Charles HAMEL was the child of Louis HAMEL and Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE

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Birth — 1740
9 October 1740
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHENE and Charles HAMEL 31 March 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 20 years old.

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.

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)

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles HAMEL died 28 April 1800, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

Death — 1822
27 January 1822
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 81.

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