Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

(b. 17 June 1817 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada d. 15 October 1871 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 17 June 1817 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of Pierre-Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Josephte VANDAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Anne HÉNAULT (ENAUD) dite LAFRENIERE (FRESNIÈRE) (maternal) Jacques VANDAL and Louise-Thérèse VENNE

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

Gilbert married Angélique ST-MARTIN 24 August 1841 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Angélique ST-MARTIN was born 17 June 1823 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Angélique died 28 February 1894 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Angélique was the child of Sauveur ST-MARTIN and Angélique WELLES.

Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 15 October 1871 in Sorel, 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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Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married

Angélique ST-MARTIN-- Date: 24 August 1841 Place: Sorel, Canada East
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Children of Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique ST-MARTIN:

Joseph BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.30 April 1843, Sorel, Canada East d. 26 January 1895, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite LAMBERT 11 August 1873 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Camille-Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.21 February 1845, Sorel, Canada East d. 13 March 1848, , Québec Province, Canada )

Simon BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.24 November 1846, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Joseph-Adolphe BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.29 October 1848, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Octavie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.30 July 1850, Sorel, Canada East d. 4 August 1850, , Québec Province, Canada )

Marie-Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.30 September 1851, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Henriette-Malvina BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.17 January 1854, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Louis-Alfred BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.25 October 1855, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Moise BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.19 July 1857, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Lucie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.29 April 1859, Sorel, Canada East d. 25 March 1860, , Québec Province, Canada )

Camille BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.21 May 1861, Sorel, Canada East d. 18 February 1862, , Québec Province, Canada )

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1817 Birth
17 June 1817
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Angélique ST-MARTIN 24 August 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 30 April 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 25 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Camille-Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 21 February 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 27 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Simon BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 24 November 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 29 years old.

1848 Death of Child
Camille-Gilbert BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 13 March 1848, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gilbert was 30 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Joseph-Adolphe BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 29 October 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 31 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Marie-Octavie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 30 July 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 33 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Marie-Delia BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 30 September 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 34 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Henriette-Malvina BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 17 January 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 36 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Louis-Alfred BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 25 October 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 38 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Moise BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 19 July 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 40 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Lucie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 29 April 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 41 years old.

1860 Death of Child
Lucie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE died 25 March 1860, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gilbert was 42 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Camille BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 21 May 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gilbert was 43 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Camille BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 18 February 1862, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gilbert was 44 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.