Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU

(b. 15 September 1733 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 8 February 1812 , Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 15 September 1733 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU was the child of François HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Angélique EMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Angelique GOBEIL (maternal) Pierre EMOND and Marie-Agnes GRONDIN

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

Geneviève married Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS 30 June 1756 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was born 15 November 1728 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 11 October 1807 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephe JOYAL.

Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU died 8 February 1812 in Rivière-du-Loup, Lower 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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Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU married

Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS-- Date: 30 June 1756 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS was the child of Pierre ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephe JOYAL

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU:

Genevieve DESMARAIS (b.13 May 1757, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1831, Louiseville, Lower Canada )

Jean-Chrysostome DESMARAIS (b.8 September 1760, Saint-Ours, Canada d. , )

Louis DESMARAIS (b.13 February 1762, Saint-Ours, Canada d. 27 May 1838, Louiseville, Lower Canada )

Emmanuel DESMARAIS (b.28 September 1763, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 May 1836, Louiseville, Lower Canada )

Brigitte DESMARAIS (b.12 April 1770, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 January 1847, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East )

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1733 Birth
15 September 1733
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU and Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS 30 June 1756 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 22 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Genevieve DESMARAIS was born 13 May 1757, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Geneviève was 23 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Jean-Chrysostome DESMARAIS was born 8 September 1760, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Louis DESMARAIS was born 13 February 1762, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Geneviève was 28 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Emmanuel DESMARAIS was born 28 September 1763, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Geneviève was 30 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Brigitte DESMARAIS was born 12 April 1770, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Geneviève was 36 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1807 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS died 11 October 1807, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

1812 Death
8 February 1812
Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 78.

Added: 9/7/2010 10:48:47 AM - Updated: 3/26/2022 6:16:53 PM