Marguerite RACINE dite BEAUCHESNE

Born

25 October 1723 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

23 May 1767 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph RACINE dit BEAUCHESNE Marguerite PILOTE

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Born: 25 October 1723 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph RACINE dit BEAUCHESNE

Mother: Marguerite PILOTE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre RACINE , Louise GUYON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre PILOTE , Marie-Jeanne BRASSARD

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Marguerite married Joseph DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS 23 October 1748 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS was born 13 April 1725 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS and Marie-Charlotte GOSSELIN.

Marguerite RACINE dite BEAUCHESNE died 23 May 1767 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Marguerite RACINE dite BEAUCHESNE married

Joseph DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS
Marriage date: 23 October 1748
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Joseph DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS and Marie-Charlotte GOSSELIN

Children of Joseph DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS and Marguerite RACINE dite BEAUCHESNE

Jean-Jacques DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS

Born: 5 January 1753, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 26 May 1811, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Louise ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) 7 January 1777 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1723
25 October 1723
Québec, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite RACINE dite BEAUCHESNE and Joseph DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS 23 October 1748, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 25 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Jacques DUPUYAU dit MARQUIS was born 5 January 1753, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite was 29 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.