Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU

(b. 16 August 1786 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 September 1869 , St-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada )

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Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU was born 16 August 1786 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU was the child of Joseph-Francois HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Louise ROY dite LAUZIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Josephe OUELLET (maternal) Augustin ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Angélique LIZOTTE

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Charles married Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL 28 October 1811 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL was born 13 November 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Modeste died 17 April 1840 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Modeste was the child of Vincent-Cyrien DUMAIS and Marie-Modeste LANGLAIS dite SERIEN.

Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU died 22 September 1869 in St-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, 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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Family and Children of Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU

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Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU married

Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL-- Date: 28 October 1811 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL was the child of Vincent-Cyrien DUMAIS and Marie-Modeste LANGLAIS dite SERIEN

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Children of Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL:

Eleonore HUDON dite BEAULIEU (b.2 April 1820, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 17 April 1905, St-Epiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)
m. Michel THERIAULT 25 February 1840 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1786 Birth
16 August 1786
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL 28 October 1811, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 25 years old.

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

1820 Birth of Child
Eleonore HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 2 April 1820, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Charles was 33 years old.

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

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Marriage of Child
Eleonore HUDON dite BEAULIEU married 25 February 1840, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Michel THERIAULT

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL died 17 April 1840, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.