Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

(b. 2 August 1812 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada d. 6 October 1891 , Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 2 August 1812 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Alexis-Maxime 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):

Alexis-Maxime married Elisabeth MATTE 24 February 1835 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Elisabeth MATTE was born abt. 1815 in Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Antoine MATTE and Marie VANDAL.

Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 6 October 1891 in Saint-Joseph-de-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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Family and Children of Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

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Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married

Elisabeth MATTE-- Date: 24 February 1835 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Elisabeth MATTE was the child of Antoine MATTE and Marie VANDAL

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Children of Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Elisabeth MATTE:

Rose-Delima BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.18 January 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Philomene BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.22 September 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 15 March 1920, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.26 February 1843, Sorel, Canada East d. 1 March 1843, Sorel, Canada East )

Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.17 February 1844, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Elie BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.11 March 1846, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 November 1906, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Delphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.11 March 1850, Sorel, Canada East d. 24 March 1921, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

Francois BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.15 February 1854, Sorel, Canada East d. 14 September 1913, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

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1812 Birth
2 August 1812
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Alexis-Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Elisabeth MATTE 24 February 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Rose-Delima BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 18 January 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 23 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 22 September 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 26 February 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 30 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 17 February 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 31 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Elie BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 11 March 1846, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Alexis-Maxime was 33 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Delphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 11 March 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 37 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
Francois BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 15 February 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis-Maxime was 41 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.

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

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.