Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU

(b. 5 June 1732 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1808 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU was born 5 June 1732 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU was the child of Nicolas HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Madeleine BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Angelique GOBEIL (maternal) Étienne BOUCHARD and Madeleine MEUNIER

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

Etienne married Genevieve PLOURDE 30 January 1758 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve PLOURDE was born 19 July 1735 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Genevieve died 9 July 1809 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Genevieve was the child of Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE.

Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU died 26 June 1808 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU married

Genevieve PLOURDE-- Date: 30 January 1758 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Genevieve PLOURDE was the child of Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

Children of Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Genevieve PLOURDE:

Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU (b.7 December 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1825, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Louis BONENFANT 7 January 1783 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1732 Birth
5 June 1732
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Marriage / Partner
Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Genevieve PLOURDE 30 January 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 25 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 7 December 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Etienne was 26 years old.

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.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU married 7 January 1783, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Jean-Louis BONENFANT

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)