Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON

Born

14 April 1746 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Died

16 July 1821 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Born: 14 April 1746 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Parents of Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON

Father

Jean MILLET dit BEAUSSERON

Mother

Barbe JANOT

Grandparents of Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON

Paternal grandparents

Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON Catherine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Maternal grandparents

Robert JANOT dit LACHAPELLE Anne-Thérèse LANGLOIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Bonaventure married Marie-Françoise GERVAIS 23 October 1767 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise GERVAIS was born 12 March 1752 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . Marie-Françoise died 29 March 1787 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Françoise was the child of Joseph GERVAIS and Françoise CHENIER.

Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON died 16 July 1821 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON

Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON married

Marie-Françoise GERVAIS
Marriage date: 23 October 1767
Marriage place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*
Marie-Françoise GERVAIS was the child of Joseph GERVAIS and Françoise CHENIER

Children of Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS

Françoise MILLET

Born: abt. 1776, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Benjamin PICHE 9 October 1797 Place: Repentigny, Lower Canada

Maurice MILLET (MILLIER)

Born: November 1777, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 19 December 1860, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Elisabeth-Isabelle BEAUDRY 4 October 1802 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1746
14 April 1746
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

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

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Bonaventure MILLET dit BEAUSSERON and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS 23 October 1767 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 21 years old.

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Maurice MILLET (MILLIER) was born November 1777, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Jean-Bonaventure was 31 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise GERVAIS died 29 March 1787, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Françoise MILLET married 9 October 1797, Repentigny, Lower Canada to Benjamin PICHE

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Maurice MILLET (MILLIER) married 4 October 1802, Varennes, Lower Canada to Elisabeth-Isabelle BEAUDRY

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

Death — 1821
16 July 1821
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 75.

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