Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Born

21 August 1829 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Died

16 December 1874 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Seraphine married Benoni-Basile PILON 16 February 1852 in Lanoraie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Benoni-Basile PILON was born 13 February 1821 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . Benoni-Basile died 22 May 1871 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada . Benoni-Basile was the child of Jean-Baptiste PILON and Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME .

Parents & Family of Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Parents of Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Father

Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

Mother

Angélique COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE

Grandparents of Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Paternal grandparents

Antoine BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE Geneviève GENEREUX

Maternal grandparents

François COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE Marie-Josephte MANDEVILLE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE married

Benoni-Basile PILON
Marriage date: 16 February 1852
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Canada East
Benoni-Basile PILON was the child of Jean-Baptiste PILON and Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Benoni-Basile PILON and Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Alphonsine PILON

Born: 29 October 1852, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: 28 January 1932, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Delphis (Dolphis) PILON

Born: 30 September 1864, Lanoraie, Canada East
Died: ,

Alexandrina PILON

Born: 23 September 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Seraphine's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1829
21 August 1829
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852 Marriage / Partner
Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE and Benoni-Basile PILON 16 February 1852, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 22 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Alphonsine PILON was born 29 October 1852, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Seraphine was 23 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Delphis (Dolphis) PILON was born 30 September 1864, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Seraphine was 35 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Alexandrina PILON was born 23 September 1868, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Seraphine was 39 years old.