Guillaume BEAUDRY (BAUDRY) dit DESBUTTES

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15 September 1656 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

26 February 1732 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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Urbain BEAUDRY (BAUDRY) dit LAMARCHE Madeleine BOUCHER

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Born: 15 September 1656 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Urbain BEAUDRY (BAUDRY) dit LAMARCHE

Mother: Madeleine BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Gaspard BOUCHER , Nicole LEMAIRE

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Guillaume married Jeanne SOULARD 13 July 1682 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne SOULARD was born 4 December 1666 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jeanne died 11 March 1742 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jeanne was the child of Jean SOULARD and Catherine BOUTET.

Guillaume BEAUDRY (BAUDRY) dit DESBUTTES died 26 February 1732 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
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Recorded occupation: gunsmith, gold- and silversmith

An orfèvre, or silversmith, is normally a manufacturer of jewelry, religious objects, and gold and silver tableware. In New France, however, the silversmith manufactured mainly sacred vessels made of precious metals for churches and monasteries . More specifically, he made chalices and ciborias, monstrances, burettes and trays, censers and shuttles, processional crosses, solid silver candlesticks, holy water sprinklers, sanctuary lamps, vases for oils, collection plates or plates intended to carry wedding ceremony rings. Domestic silverware during this period was rare.
Source: tfcq.ca

Crafting Holiness: A Glimpse into the Life of an Orfèvre in 18th Century New France

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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Jeanne SOULARD
Marriage date: 13 July 1682
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Jeanne SOULARD was the child of Jean SOULARD and Catherine BOUTET

Children of Guillaume BEAUDRY (BAUDRY) dit DESBUTTES and Jeanne SOULARD

Jean BEAUDRY

Born: 3 July 1684, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 20 November 1755, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Married: Louise DOYON 8 October 1721 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude-Charles BEAUDRY

Born: 20 June 1687, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Madeleine BEAUDOIN 19 November 1727 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Jeanne BEAUDRY dite DESBUTTES

Born: 8 April 1696, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: February 1742, Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Married: Michel PERROT (PERRAULT) dit CHATEAUGUAY 17 October 1712 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Married: Paul BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE 29 July 1724 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Marie-Louise BEAUDRY dite DESBUTTES

Born: 21 March 1699, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 18 December 1749, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste GATIEN dit TOURANGEAU 4 February 1731 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Rene BEAUDRY dit DESMARETS

Born: 15 November 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 20 September 1745, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Charlotte LEPELLE 6 August 1734 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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Birth — 1656
15 September 1656
Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism
Guillaume Baudry
October 1656
Notre-Dame-de-Québec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Biography
BAUDRY (Beaudry), dit Des Butes (Desbutes), GUILLAUME, gunsmith, gold- and silversmith; b. 2 Oct. 1657 at Quebec; d. 1732 at Trois-Rivières.

On 13 July 1682 Guillaume Baudry married Jeanne Soullard, who was “fifteen to sixteen years old,” an armourer’s daughter, at Quebec. He subsequently settled at Trois-Rivières. On 4 March 1689 and 14 Jan. 1693 he received two grants of fiefs from René Robinau* de Bécancour. The Baudrys had 15 children, one of whom, Jean-Baptiste, who exercised the craft of gunsmith, was among the original inhabitants of Detroit.

Only one piece of craftsmanship by Guillaume Baudry has been recorded. It was he who engraved the lead plaque for the cornerstone of the Recollet church at Trois-Rivières; on 11 July 1710 Antoine-Denis Raudot came to lay it officially. In 1713 this church was the object of a royal gratuity of 500 livres.

On 18 Feb. 1726 Baudry was summoned to court by the surgeon Alavoine*, who claimed 1714 livres from him, but Baudry was...Read full story

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1682 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume BEAUDRY (BAUDRY) dit DESBUTTES and Jeanne SOULARD 13 July 1682, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 25 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Jean BEAUDRY was born 3 July 1684, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Guillaume was 27 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Claude-Charles BEAUDRY was born 20 June 1687, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Guillaume was 30 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Jeanne BEAUDRY dite DESBUTTES was born 8 April 1696, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Guillaume was 39 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BEAUDRY dite DESBUTTES was born 21 March 1699, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Guillaume was 42 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Rene BEAUDRY dit DESMARETS was born 15 November 1707, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Guillaume was 51 years old.

1712 Marriage of Child
Jeanne BEAUDRY dite DESBUTTES married 17 October 1712, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Michel PERROT (PERRAULT) dit CHATEAUGUAY

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Marriage of Child
Jean BEAUDRY married 8 October 1721, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Louise DOYON

1724 Marriage of Child
Jeanne BEAUDRY dite DESBUTTES married 29 July 1724, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Paul BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE

1727 Marriage of Child
Claude-Charles BEAUDRY married 19 November 1727, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Marie-Madeleine BEAUDOIN

1731 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BEAUDRY dite DESBUTTES married 4 February 1731, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Jean-Baptiste GATIEN dit TOURANGEAU