Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC

(b. 9 April 1747 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1810 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC was born 9 April 1747 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC was the child of Antoine CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Catherine BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) André CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE and Françoise BAZINET

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

Joseph married Elisabeth PAPILLON 19 August 1776 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth PAPILLON was born 10 December 1753 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Elisabeth died 4 February 1837 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Elisabeth was the child of Étienne PAPILLON and Madeleine VEL dite SANSOUCY.

Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC died 4 January 1810 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC married

Elisabeth PAPILLON-- Date: 19 August 1776 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

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Elisabeth PAPILLON was the child of Étienne PAPILLON and Madeleine VEL dite SANSOUCY

Children of Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC and Elisabeth PAPILLON:

Joseph-Claude CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC (b.abt. 1776, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Agathe ALLARD dite CARTIER 20 January 1798 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC (b.31 January 1791, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 5 September 1838, La Présentation, Lower Canada )
m. François DESMARAIS 27 February 1810 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

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1747 Birth
9 April 1747
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC and Elisabeth PAPILLON 19 August 1776, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 29 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1791 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC was born 31 January 1791, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Joseph was 43 years old.

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Claude CHAPDELAINE dit BEAULAC married 20 January 1798, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Agathe ALLARD dite CARTIER

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)