Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL

(b. abt. 1796 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 16 May 1892 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

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Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL was born abt. 1796 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Jean-Baptiste DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL (GUILLAUMEAU) and Marie RENAUD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Michel RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Charlotte ROGER dite LATOUCHE

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Paul married Josephte DION dite LEMOINE 11 October 1819 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte DION dite LEMOINE was born 3 February 1801 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Josephte died 23 April 1858 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Josephte was the child of Joseph GUYON dit LEMOINE and Marie-Catherine DENOYON.

Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL died 16 May 1892 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Family and Children of Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL

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Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL married

Josephte DION dite LEMOINE-- Date: 11 October 1819 Place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Josephte DION dite LEMOINE was the child of Joseph GUYON dit LEMOINE and Marie-Catherine DENOYON

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Children of Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL and Josephte DION dite LEMOINE:

Henriette-Diamos BEAUSOLEIL (b.5 December 1830, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 21 November 1888, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada )
m. Julien-Joseph GENDREAU 11 May 1850 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL and Josephte DION dite LEMOINE 11 October 1819, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Paul DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL - 1819 marriage

1819 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1830 Birth of Child
Henriette-Diamos BEAUSOLEIL was born 5 December 1830, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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)

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Henriette-Diamos BEAUSOLEIL married 11 May 1850, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada to Julien-Joseph GENDREAU

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

1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte DION dite LEMOINE died 23 April 1858, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.