Francois BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHENE

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24 January 1783 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 May 1858 , Plessisville, Canada East

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Born: 24 January 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Francois married Marie-Marthe TROTTIER dite LABISSONIERE 29 April 1806 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marthe TROTTIER dite LABISSONIERE was born 11 November 1790 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marthe died 17 September 1849 in Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset).

Francois BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHENE died 17 May 1858 in Plessisville, Canada East .
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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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Marie-Marthe TROTTIER dite LABISSONIERE
Marriage date: 29 April 1806
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada

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Children of Francois BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHENE and Marie-Marthe TROTTIER dite LABISSONIERE

Israel BEAUCHESNE

Born: 21 October 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 30 January 1895, St-Adrien-de-Ham, Wolfe, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie Anastasie ALLARD 8 October 1844

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Birth — 1783
24 January 1783
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1806 Marriage / Partner
Francois BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHENE and Marie-Marthe TROTTIER dite LABISSONIERE 29 April 1806, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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

1822 Birth of Child
Israel BEAUCHESNE was born 21 October 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Francois was 39 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

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)