Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

Born

11 May 1762 , Champlain, Canada

Died

25 March 1808 , Sorel, Lower Canada

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François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY

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Born: 11 May 1762 in Champlain, Canada

Father: François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

Mother: Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT , Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents: Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY , Jeanne PROVENCHER

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Joseph married Marguerite MOREAU 20 January 1783 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite MOREAU was born 20 December 1761 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marguerite died 10 September 1799 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marguerite was the child of Michel-Amable MOREAU and Marguerite-Amable FAFARD.

Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE died 25 March 1808 in Sorel, 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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Spouse & Children of Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

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Marguerite MOREAU
Marriage date: 20 January 1783
Marriage place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite MOREAU was the child of Michel-Amable MOREAU and Marguerite-Amable FAFARD

Children of Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE and Marguerite MOREAU

Marguerite-Josephe BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Born: 27 November 1783, Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 14 February 1827, Sorel, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre HUS COURNOYER 23 September 1805 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Françoise BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Born: abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles LAVALLÉE 7 January 1811 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1762
11 May 1762
Champlain, Canada

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 / Partner
Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE and Marguerite MOREAU 20 January 1783, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 20 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Josephe BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE was born 27 November 1783, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Joseph was 21 years old.

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)

1799 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite MOREAU died 10 September 1799, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Josephe BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE married 23 September 1805, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Pierre HUS COURNOYER

Death — 1808
25 March 1808
Sorel, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 45.

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