Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME

Born

abt. 1722 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

24 November 1775 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada*

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Noël BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ Anne-Félicité HAMEL

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Born: abt. 1722 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Father: Noël BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ

Mother: Anne-Félicité HAMEL

Paternal grandparents: Ignace BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ , Agnes MORIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François HAMEL , Anne-Félicité LEVASSEUR

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Louis-Claude married Geneviève MARTIN 25 August 1749 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève MARTIN was born abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 8 January 1800 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Geneviève was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie-Françoise LEBEL.

Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME died 24 November 1775 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* .
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Recorded occupation: Arpenteur

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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Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME married

Geneviève MARTIN
Marriage date: 25 August 1749
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Geneviève MARTIN was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie-Françoise LEBEL

Children of Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Geneviève MARTIN

Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME

Born: 7 August 1750, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 1 May 1820, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Therese BERUBE 27 May 1782 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Madeleine BEAUPRÉ dite BONHOMME

Born: abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 February 1819, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Marie CHAMBERLAND 24 November 1788 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Elie BEAUPRÉ

Born: 20 August 1768, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 October 1837, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne PLOURDE 17 October 1796 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1749 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Claude BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Geneviève MARTIN 25 August 1749, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

1750 Birth of Child
Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME was born 7 August 1750, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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.