Modeste HUDON dite BEAULIEU

(b. 19 June 1758 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1835 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Modeste HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 19 June 1758 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Modeste HUDON dite BEAULIEU was the child of Antoine HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Françoise LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Angélique GAGNON (maternal) Alexis LAVOIE and Marie-Françoise DUTERTRE (DU TARTRE)

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

Modeste married Pierre-Roch LEVESQUE 11 January 1779 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Roch LEVESQUE was born 9 October 1753 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Pierre-Roch was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie Josephe (Josette) BERUBE.

Modeste HUDON dite BEAULIEU died 4 July 1835 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Modeste HUDON dite BEAULIEU married

Pierre-Roch LEVESQUE-- Date: 11 January 1779 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Roch LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie Josephe (Josette) BERUBE

Children of Pierre-Roch LEVESQUE and Modeste HUDON dite BEAULIEU:

Marie-Julie LEVESQUE (b.23 November 1784, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1844, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East)
m. Joseph PARADIS 11 January 1802 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1758 Birth
19 June 1758
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Modeste HUDON dite BEAULIEU and Pierre-Roch LEVESQUE 11 January 1779, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 20 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marie-Julie LEVESQUE was born 23 November 1784, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Modeste was 26 years old.

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Marie-Julie LEVESQUE married 11 January 1802, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Joseph PARADIS

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)