Charlotte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

(b. 25 May 1783 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1837 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Charlotte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was born 25 May 1783 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Charlotte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN was the child of Basile PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Louise PROVOST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marie-Louise MONGEAU (maternal) Antoine PROVOST (PREVOST) and Élisabeth BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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Charlotte married Francois TRUDEAU 9 November 1812 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Francois TRUDEAU was born 20 June 1780 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Francois died 20 December 1845 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Francois was the child of Charles TRUDEAU and Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS.

Charlotte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN died 1 March 1837 in Verchères, 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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Charlotte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN married

Francois TRUDEAU-- Date: 9 November 1812 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Francois TRUDEAU was the child of Charles TRUDEAU and Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS

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1783 Birth
25 May 1783
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN and Francois TRUDEAU 9 November 1812, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 29 years old.

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