Angélique LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT

(b. 12 September 1728 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1791 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Angélique LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT was born 12 September 1728 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Angélique LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT was the child of François LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marguerite HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE (maternal) Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY

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Angélique married Jean-Baptiste RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) 1 June 1748 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) was born 13 May 1716 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Jean-Baptiste died 13 June 1767 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Josephte GOULET.

Angélique LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT died 9 May 1791 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, 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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Angélique LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT married

Jean-Baptiste RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE)-- Date: 1 June 1748 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Jean-Baptiste RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Josephte GOULET

Children:

Angélique Rivière 1751-
Antoine Rivière 1752-
Alexis Larivière (Rivière) 1760-

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) and Angélique LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT:

Antoine RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) (b.7 August 1752, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX 7 August 1775 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1728 Birth
12 September 1728
Champlain, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Angélique LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT and Jean-Baptiste RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) 1 June 1748, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 19 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Antoine RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) was born 7 August 1752, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Angélique was 23 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) died 13 June 1767, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1775 Marriage of Child
Antoine RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE) married 7 August 1775, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Josephte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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.