Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME

(b. 1 August 1727 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1801 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME was born 1 August 1727 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME was the child of Noël BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ and Anne-Félicité HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ and Agnes MORIN (maternal) Jean-François HAMEL and Anne-Félicité LEVASSEUR

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

Charles married Marie-Charlotte GROINIER 3 August 1753 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte GROINIER was born 28 October 1732 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Charlotte died 5 May 1801 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Joseph GROINIER and Marie-Marguerite PEPIN.

Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME died 4 July 1801 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada .

m. Groinier Marie-Charlotte

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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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Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME married

Marie-Charlotte GROINIER-- Date: 3 August 1753 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Marie-Charlotte GROINIER was the child of Joseph GROINIER and Marie-Marguerite PEPIN

Children of Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Marie-Charlotte GROINIER:

Jean-Baptiste BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Rosalie CHAVIGNY 23 February 1789 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1727 Birth
1 August 1727
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Charles BEAUPRÉ dit BONHOMME and Marie-Charlotte GROINIER 3 August 1753, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 26 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.

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.