Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME

Born

22 November 1623 , St-Martin, Orne, France

Died

20 March 1691 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Born: 22 November 1623 in St-Martin, Orne, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jacques married Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE) 7 January 1654 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE) was born 15 May 1638 in La Flèche, Angers, Anjou, France. Jeanne died 12 November 1697 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME died 20 March 1691 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

Son of Gabriel Beauvais and Marie Croniere

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Recorded occupation: Chaufournier, cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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)

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

Spouse & Children of Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME

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Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME married

Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)
Marriage date: 7 January 1654
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Jacques Beauvais and Jeanne Solde

Children of Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME and Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)

Raphael BEAUVAIS

Born: 15 October 1654 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 19 October 1734, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Elisabeth TURPIN 24 May 1683 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Barbe BEAUVAIS

Born: 28 August 1656 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 January 1746, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: François BRUNET dit BOURBONNAIS 11 July 1672 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS

Born: 30 August 1658, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 28 June 1715, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph DENIS dit LEVALON 1672

Married: Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) 9 October 1675 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean BEAUVAIS

Born: 26 September 1660, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 May 1734, Pluduno, Côtes-du-Nord, Brittany, France

Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS

Born: 7 October 1662, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1705, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Madeleine LEMOYNE (LEMOINE) 12 November 1697 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jacques BEAUVAIS

Born: 13 December 1664, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 13 August 1671, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Charlotte BEAUVAIS

Born: 26 June 1667 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 December 1700, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre-Alexandre TURPIN 30 October 1684 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

Born: 21 September 1669, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 14 September 1753, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste POTHIER 14 June 1688 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jeanne BEAUVAIS

Born: 8 January 1673, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 6 February 1703, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Guillaume BOUCHER dit ST-AMOUR 19 December 1695 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Origin of Surname
BEAUVAIS
(Fr.) De Beauvais. From a town in France of that name, signifying the sightly or beautiful place.
An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names - By William Arthur - 1857.

Birth — 1623
22 November 1623
St-Martin, Orne, France

1654 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME and Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE) 7 January 1654, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 30 years old.

1654 Birth of Child
Raphael BEAUVAIS was born 15 October 1654 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 30 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1656 Birth of Child
Barbe BEAUVAIS was born 28 August 1656 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 32 years old.

1658 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS was born 30 August 1658, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 34 years old.

1660 Birth of Child
Jean BEAUVAIS was born 26 September 1660, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 36 years old.

1662 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAIS was born 7 October 1662, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 38 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Jacques BEAUVAIS was born 13 December 1664, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 41 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Montreal
Jacques Beauvais - 42 habitant

Jeanne sauleday - 34 sa femme

Raphael beauvais - 12 fils

Barbe beauvais - 10 fille

Marguerite Beauvais - 8 fille

Jean Beauvais - 5 fils

Jean Baptiste beauvais - 3 fils

Jacques Beauvais - 13 mois fils

Et andré Rapin - 24 domestique Engagé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte BEAUVAIS was born 26 June 1667 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 43 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS was born 21 September 1669, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 45 years old.

1671 Death of Child
Jacques BEAUVAIS died 13 August 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 47 years old.

1672 Marriage of Child
Barbe BEAUVAIS married 11 July 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to François BRUNET dit BOURBONNAIS

1673 Birth of Child
Jeanne BEAUVAIS was born 8 January 1673, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 49 years old.

1675 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS married 9 October 1675, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)

1681 Canadian Census Ville de Montreal
Louise Maugers, veuve, 82
Jacques Bauvais, 57
Jeanne Solde, sa femme, 47
enfants:
Raphael, 27
Jean, 20
Charlotte, 14
Marie, 12
Jeanne, 9

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1683 Marriage of Child
Raphael BEAUVAIS married 24 May 1683, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Elisabeth TURPIN

1684 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte BEAUVAIS married 30 October 1684, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Pierre-Alexandre TURPIN

1688 Marriage of Child
Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS married 14 June 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste POTHIER

1691 Death
Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

20 Mar 1691

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