Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS

(b. 15 June 1819 , Rigaud, Lower Canada d. 23 May 1906 , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada )

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Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS was born 15 June 1819 in Rigaud, Lower Canada

Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste EMERY dit BEAUVAIS and Marie-Elisabeth BOILEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Louis EMERY dit BEAUVAIS and Marie-Madeleine SERVANT (maternal) Louis-Amable BOILEAU and Elisabeth ROBIDOUX

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

Pierre married Justine CLOUTIER 6 February 1844 in St-André-d'Argenteuil, Argenteuil, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Justine CLOUTIER was born abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Justine died 6 November 1905 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Justine was the child of Prisque CLOUTIER and Archange LAPORTE.

Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS died 23 May 1906 in Ottawa, Ontario, 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 Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS

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Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS married

Justine CLOUTIER-- Date: 6 February 1844 Place: St-André-d'Argenteuil, Argenteuil, Québec, Canada

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Justine CLOUTIER was the child of Prisque CLOUTIER and Archange LAPORTE

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Children of Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS and Justine CLOUTIER:

Henriette EMERY dite BEAUVAIS (b.October 1846, Saint-André-Avellin, Papineau, Quebec, Canada d. 9 January 1917, Rockland, Clarence-Rockland, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada)
m. Alexandre TREMBLAY 23 July 1877

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1819 Birth
15 June 1819
Rigaud, 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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Pierre EMERY dit BEAUVAIS and Justine CLOUTIER 6 February 1844, St-André-d'Argenteuil, Argenteuil, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Henriette EMERY dite BEAUVAIS was born October 1846, Saint-André-Avellin, Papineau, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 27 years old.

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

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)

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.