François MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN

(b. 5 November 1745 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 2 February 1820 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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François MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 5 November 1745 in Sorel, Canada, New France

François MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN was the child of Marc-Antoine HUS MILET (MILLET) and Louise-Ursule LAGUERCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Marc-Antoine HUS MILET (MILLET) and Françoise LAVALLEE (maternal) Jean-François LAGUERCE and Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LACISERAYE

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

François married Marie-Josephe MENARD 14 February 1774 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe MENARD was born abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephe was the child of Louis MENARD dit FONTAINE and Marie-Madeleine CHABOT dite LAMARRE.

François MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN died 2 February 1820 in Yamaska, 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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François MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN married

Marie-Josephe MENARD-- Date: 14 February 1774 Place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe MENARD was the child of Louis MENARD dit FONTAINE and Marie-Madeleine CHABOT dite LAMARRE

Children of François MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marie-Josephe MENARD:

Marie MILLET dite BEAUCHEMIN (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 May 1866, Saint-Robert, Canada East)
m. Michel DESAUTELS 10 February 1800 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1745 Birth
5 November 1745
Sorel, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
François MILLET dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marie-Josephe MENARD 14 February 1774, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 28 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.

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)

1800 Marriage of Child
Marie MILLET dite BEAUCHEMIN married 10 February 1800, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Michel DESAUTELS

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.