Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU

(b. 24 December 1792 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada d. 20 May 1849 , Saint-Jérôme, Canada East )

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Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU was born 24 December 1792 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU was the child of Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU and Ursule BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HAMELIN and Charlotte MATTE (maternal) Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephte PROULX

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

Joseph married Marguerite NAULT 23 May 1814 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite NAULT was born 5 December 1797 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 30 March 1827 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph NAULT and Marie-Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS.

Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU died 20 May 1849 in Saint-Jérôme, Canada East .
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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 Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU

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Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU married

Marguerite NAULT-- Date: 23 May 1814 Place: Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Marguerite NAULT was the child of Joseph NAULT and Marie-Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

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Children of Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU and Marguerite NAULT:

Theotiste-"Theresa" HAMELIN dite BELOU (b.12 January 1816, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. abt. 1870, Grand Bend, Huron, Ontario, Canada)
m. André DESJARDINS 1841 in Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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1792 Birth
24 December 1792
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU and Marguerite NAULT 23 May 1814, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Theotiste-"Theresa" HAMELIN dite BELOU was born 12 January 1816, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 23 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.