Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

(b. abt. 1813 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 7 January 1878 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

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Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born abt. 1813 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was the child of François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Charlotte DANSEREAU (maternal) Pierre LAMBERT dit HÉBERT and Monique BEAUDREAU (BAUDREAU) GRAVELINE

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

Jonas married Stéphanie (Sophronie) GIBOULEAU 17 October 1843 in Beloeil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Stéphanie (Sophronie) GIBOULEAU was born abt. 1823 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Stéphanie (Sophronie) was the child of Christophe GIBOULOU dit LAFLEUR and Catherine GUYON.

Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN died 7 January 1878 in Beloeil, 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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Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN married

Stéphanie (Sophronie) GIBOULEAU-- Date: 17 October 1843 Place: Beloeil, Canada East
Stéphanie (Sophronie) GIBOULEAU was the child of Christophe GIBOULOU dit LAFLEUR and Catherine GUYON

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Children of Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Stéphanie (Sophronie) GIBOULEAU:

Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN (b.abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 October 1877, Beloeil, Québec, Canada )
m. Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE 25 October 1864 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Christophe PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN (b.abt. 1849, Beloeil, Canada East d. abt. 1921, Beloeil, Québec, Canada )
m. Onesime-Marie MESSIER 19 July 1875 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)
m. Azilda VERONNEAU 15 April 1885 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Césarie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN (b.abt. 1851, Beloeil, Canada East d. , )
m. Isaac BOURGUIGNON 1882 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Donat PELLETIER 1 September 1891 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Philomeme PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN (b.26 February 1858, Beloeil, Canada East d. 18 February 1920, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis-Napoléon LABRIE 26 July 1880 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Adélina-Angélina PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN (b.May 1861, Beloeil, Canada East d. , )
m. Frédéric BOUCHONNET 1881 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Jonas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Stéphanie (Sophronie) GIBOULEAU 17 October 1843, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 Birth of Child
Philomeme PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was born 26 February 1858, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Birth of Child
Adélina-Angélina PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was born May 1861, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Theophile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN married 25 October 1864, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Azilda ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Marriage of Child
Christophe PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN married 19 July 1875, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Onesime-Marie MESSIER

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.