Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

(b. 1 March 1818 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 17 March 1884 , Saint-Didace, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE was born 1 March 1818 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE was the child of François BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT and Madeleine FERLAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT and Geneviève ENOUILLE (maternal) François FERLAND and Geneviève COLLIN

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

Antoine married Julie SAVOIE 25 November 1851 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie SAVOIE was born 27 November 1827 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Julie died 5 March 1898 Julie was the child of Pierre-Louis SAVOIE and Judith JACQUES.

Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE died 17 March 1884 in Saint-Didace, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

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Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE married

Julie SAVOIE-- Date: 25 November 1851 Place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
Julie SAVOIE was the child of Pierre-Louis SAVOIE and Judith JACQUES

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Children of Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE and Julie SAVOIE:

Marie Victoria BRUNELLE (b.20 February 1864, Saint-Didace, D'Autray, Canada East d. 12 October 1902, Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Pierre PAQUIN 19 May 1884 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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1818 Birth
1 March 1818
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Antoine BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE and Julie SAVOIE 25 November 1851, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

He was 33 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Marie Victoria BRUNELLE was born 20 February 1864, Saint-Didace, D'Autray, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 46 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.