Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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7 December 1758 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

5 November 1825 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU Genevieve PLOURDE

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Born: 7 December 1758 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU

Mother: Genevieve PLOURDE

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas HUDON dit BEAULIEU , Madeleine BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre PLOURDE , Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

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Dorothee married Jean-Louis BONENFANT 7 January 1783 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Louis BONENFANT was born 23 August 1764 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Louis BONENFANT and Marie-Veronique LEPAGE.

Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU died 5 November 1825 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU married

Jean-Louis BONENFANT
Marriage date: 7 January 1783
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Louis BONENFANT was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Louis BONENFANT and Marie-Veronique LEPAGE

Children of Jean-Louis BONENFANT and Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Pierre BONENFANT

Born: 25 August 1791, La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD 16 November 1830 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1758
7 December 1758
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU and Jean-Louis BONENFANT 7 January 1783, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 24 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Pierre BONENFANT was born 25 August 1791, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Dorothee was 32 years old.

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

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

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)