Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME

(b. 16 May 1724 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 12 July 1806 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME was born 16 May 1724 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME was the child of Noël BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ and Anne-Félicité HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ and Agnes MORIN (maternal) Jean-François HAMEL and Anne-Félicité LEVASSEUR

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE 5 March 1753 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE was born 25 October 1727 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Anne died 26 July 1807 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE and Marie-Felicite-Anne BOUIN dite DUFRESNE.

Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME died 12 July 1806 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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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Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME married

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE-- Date: 5 March 1753 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
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Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE and Marie-Felicite-Anne BOUIN dite DUFRESNE

Children of Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE:

Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte GREGIS dite LAFLEUR 18 February 1783 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1724 Birth
16 May 1724
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE 5 March 1753, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 28 years old.

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 of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUPRÉ married 18 February 1783, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Josephte GREGIS dite LAFLEUR

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)