Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born

2 October 1833 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

4 June 1890 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

Pierre married Esther COURNOYER 5 September 1854 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Esther COURNOYER was born 8 February 1832 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Esther died 2 March 1882 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Esther was the child of Maxime HUS COURNOYER and Pelagie PAUL HUS .

Parents & Family of Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN

Parents of Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN

Father

Charles MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN

Mother

Julie PELOQUIN

Grandparents of Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN

Paternal grandparents

Jacques HUS MILET (MILLET) BEAUCHEMIN Angélique-Veronique FORCIER

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste PELOQUIN Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE

m. Esther Cournoyer 5 Sep 1854 in St Pierre, Sorel, Canada

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN

Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN married

Esther COURNOYER
Marriage date: 5 September 1854
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Esther COURNOYER was the child of Maxime HUS COURNOYER and Pelagie PAUL HUS

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

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Children of Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN and Esther COURNOYER

Louise-Marie BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 3 March 1856, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Rose-De-Lima BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 1 June 1857, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Pierre BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 25 October 1858, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Paul BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 11 October 1859, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 13 July 1863, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Agnes BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 13 August 1864, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 22 August 1865, Sorel, Canada East

Charles BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 18 June 1866, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 30 July 1867, Sorel, Canada East

Agnes BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 13 October 1867, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 18 September 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Celina BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 6 January 1872, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1833
2 October 1833
Sorel, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN and Esther COURNOYER 5 September 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 20 years old.

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

1856 Birth of Child
Marie BEAUCHEMIN was born 3 March 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 22 years old.

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

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

1857 Birth of Child
Rose-De-Lima BEAUCHEMIN was born 1 June 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 23 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Pierre BEAUCHEMIN was born 25 October 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 25 years old.

1859 Birth of Child
Paul BEAUCHEMIN was born 11 October 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUCHEMIN was born 13 July 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Agnes BEAUCHEMIN was born 13 August 1864, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1865 Death of Child
Agnes BEAUCHEMIN died 22 August 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Charles BEAUCHEMIN was born 18 June 1866, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 32 years old.

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.