Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR

(b. 20 November 1711 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 19 November 1780 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR was born 20 November 1711 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR was the child of Etienne BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR and Angélique PROTEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Étienne PROTEAU and Marguerite SÉGUIN

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne GROULX 3 February 1733 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne GROULX was born 24 October 1714 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne died 9 October 1789 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre GROULX and Marie-Gabrielle CHERLOT.

Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR died 19 November 1780 in Montréal, Province of 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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Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR married

Marie-Anne GROULX-- Date: 3 February 1733 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne GROULX was the child of Pierre GROULX and Marie-Gabrielle CHERLOT

Children of Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR and Marie-Anne GROULX:

Joseph BEAUTRON dit MAJOR (b.30 December 1733, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Genevieve BARSALOU 2 August 1751 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Louis BEAUTRON dit MAJOR (b.7 November 1741, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1820, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine SAPEE dite POLIGNY 26 January 1767 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1711 Birth
20 November 1711
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR and Marie-Anne GROULX 3 February 1733, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUTRON dit MAJOR was born 30 December 1733, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph was 22 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Louis BEAUTRON dit MAJOR was born 7 November 1741, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 29 years old.

1751 Marriage of Child
Joseph BEAUTRON dit MAJOR married 2 August 1751, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Marie-Genevieve BARSALOU

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 of Child
Louis BEAUTRON dit MAJOR married 26 January 1767, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Madeleine SAPEE dite POLIGNY

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.