Paul BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER

(b. 9 August 1772 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 April 1838 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Paul BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER was born 9 August 1772 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Paul BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER was the child of Louis BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Louise MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel-Louis TROTTIER dit BEAUBIEN and Marie-Thérèse MOUET DE MORAS (maternal) Louis ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marie-Françoise PINARD

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Paul married Claire-Charlotte DUROCHER 9 November 1795 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . Claire-Charlotte DUROCHER was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Claire-Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUROCHER and Marguerite BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN.

Paul BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER died 18 April 1838 in Nicolet, 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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Paul BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER married

Claire-Charlotte DUROCHER-- Date: 9 November 1795 Place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Claire-Charlotte DUROCHER was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUROCHER and Marguerite BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN

Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Children:

Éléonore Beaubien
Marie-Charles Beaubien

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1772 Birth
9 August 1772
Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Paul BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER and Claire-Charlotte DUROCHER 9 November 1795, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 23 years old.

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