Pelagie CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC

(b. 10 July 1789 , Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 May 1839 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Pelagie CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC was born 10 July 1789 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada

Pelagie CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC was the child of Hippolite CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC and Marie-Anne-Jeanne AMIEL dite LUSIGNAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Catherine BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE (maternal) Joseph MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN and Marie-Angélique CHATEL

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Pelagie married Michel LAVALLEE dit GUILLOT 15 February 1813 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . Michel LAVALLEE dit GUILLOT was born 12 January 1788 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Michel died 25 October 1847 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Michel was the child of Michel LAVALLÉE and Charlotte-Marie PELLETIER.

Pelagie CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC died 1 May 1839 in Sorel, 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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Michel LAVALLEE dit GUILLOT-- Date: 15 February 1813 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Michel LAVALLEE dit GUILLOT was the child of Michel LAVALLÉE and Charlotte-Marie PELLETIER

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1789 Birth
10 July 1789
Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC and Michel LAVALLEE dit GUILLOT 15 February 1813, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 23 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England