Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU

(b. 7 December 1758 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1825 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 7 December 1758 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU was the child of Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Genevieve PLOURDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Madeleine BOUCHARD (maternal) Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

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

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, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). 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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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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Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU married

Jean-Louis BONENFANT-- Date: 7 January 1783 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 (b.25 August 1791, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD 16 November 1830 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1758 Birth
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)