Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE

(b. 3 February 1740 , Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 24 April 1796 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE was born 3 February 1740 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE was the child of Richard Jacques RICHARD dit PRAY and Louise POTHIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

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Geneviève married Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE 19 October 1759 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charles died 7 March 1826 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Charles was the child of Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT.

Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE died 24 April 1796 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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 RICHARD dite PRE married

Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE-- Date: 19 October 1759 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE was the child of Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT

Children of Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE:

Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE (b.23 August 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. 21 September 1833, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Louis MAILLOT dit VILOCHE 13 January 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE (b.8 June 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 March 1807, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Francois DUBOIS 8 August 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1740 Birth
3 February 1740
Louiseville, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE and Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE 19 October 1759, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 19 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE was born 23 August 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Geneviève was 20 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE was born 8 June 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Geneviève was 25 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE married 13 January 1783, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph-Louis MAILLOT dit VILOCHE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE married 8 August 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Francois DUBOIS

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

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