Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

(b. 3 May 1828 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada d. 4 April 1878 , Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada )

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Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 3 May 1828 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Edouard BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Séraphine PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Josephte VANDAL (maternal) Vincent PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE and Geneviève MARION

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

Delia married Louis GRIGNON 6 February 1850 in Berthierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis GRIGNON was born 26 April 1817 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Louis died 17 December 1900 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Pierre GRIGNON and Genevieve FAFARD dite DELORME.

Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE died 4 April 1878 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada.

m. Grignon Louis, 6 February 1850, Berthierville, Quebec

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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 Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

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Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE married

Louis GRIGNON-- Date: 6 February 1850 Place: Berthierville, Canada East
Louis GRIGNON was the child of Pierre GRIGNON and Genevieve FAFARD dite DELORME

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Children of Louis GRIGNON and Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE:

Louis-Alfred GRIGNON (b.13 April 1851, Berthierville, Canada East d. , )

Adelard GRIGNON (b.17 October 1862, Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East d. , )

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1828 Birth
3 May 1828
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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)

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 / Partner
Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE and Louis GRIGNON 6 February 1850, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 21 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Louis-Alfred GRIGNON was born 13 April 1851, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Delia was 22 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Adelard GRIGNON was born 17 October 1862, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Delia was 34 years old.

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.