Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC

(b. 31 January 1791 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 5 September 1838 , La Présentation, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC was born 31 January 1791 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC was the child of Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC and Elisabeth PAPILLON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Catherine BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE (maternal) Étienne PAPILLON and Madeleine VEL dite SANSOUCY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Charlotte married François DESMARAIS 27 February 1810 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François DESMARAIS was born 30 October 1783 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. François died 23 September 1834 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . François was the child of Joseph DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephte BRODEUR.

Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC died 5 September 1838 in La Présentation, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC

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Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC married

François DESMARAIS-- Date: 27 February 1810 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada

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François DESMARAIS was the child of Joseph DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephte BRODEUR

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Children of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC:

Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS (b.2 July 1814, La Présentation, Lower Canada d. 4 October 1866, La Présentation, Canada East )
m. Pierre GUILLET 16 April 1839 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

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1791 Birth
31 January 1791
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC and François DESMARAIS 27 February 1810, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

She was 19 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS was born 2 July 1814, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Marie-Charlotte was 23 years old.

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.