Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT

(b. 15 November 1819 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 28 August 1860 , Saint-Pie, Canada East )

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Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT was born 15 November 1819 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT was the child of Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marguerite GUILLEMOT dite BEAUSOLEIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Charlotte DANSEREAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DIAMEAU dit BEAUSOLEIL (GUILLAUMEAU) and Marie RENAUD

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

Urbain married Marie-Henriette BRODEUR 3 October 1843 in Beloeil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Henriette BRODEUR was born 29 September 1814 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marie-Henriette was the child of François BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Apolline BLANCHARD.

Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT died 28 August 1860 in Saint-Pie, Canada East.

m. Brodeur Marie-Henriette

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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 Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT

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Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT married

Marie-Henriette BRODEUR-- Date: 3 October 1843 Place: Beloeil, Canada East
Marie-Henriette BRODEUR was the child of François BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Apolline BLANCHARD

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Children of Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT and Marie-Henriette BRODEUR:

Hermine BEAUCHEMIN dite PETIT (b.27 February 1847, Beloeil, Canada East d. , )
m. Eusebe DESLANDES dit CHAMPIGNY 26 February 1867 in Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

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1819 Birth
15 November 1819
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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
Urbain BEAUCHEMIN dit PETIT and Marie-Henriette BRODEUR 3 October 1843, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 23 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Hermine BEAUCHEMIN dite PETIT was born 27 February 1847, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Urbain was 27 years old.

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