Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

(b. 21 September 1792 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 2 January 1844 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 21 September 1792 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Josephe BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Simon BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Josephte COURRIER dite BOURGUIGNON (maternal) Joseph-Charles BOUCHER and Marie-Thérèse HETU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Félicité BONIN 6 July 1807 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Félicité BONIN was born 5 August 1785 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Félicité died 12 September 1846 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie-Félicité was the child of Louis BONIN dit STE-MARIE and Elisabeth GEOFFROY.

Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 2 January 1844 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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 Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

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Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married

Marie-Félicité BONIN-- Date: 6 July 1807 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Marie-Félicité BONIN was the child of Louis BONIN dit STE-MARIE and Elisabeth GEOFFROY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Félicité BONIN:

Marie-Felicite BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.27 March 1809, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )

Marguerite-Sophie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.15 April 1810, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 26 May 1842, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Maurice HUDON dit BEAULIEU 18 July 1826 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Angele BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.16 July 1811, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 23 June 1842, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Narcisse LEVESQUE 4 August 1832 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.16 July 1813, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Seraphine RIVAL dite BELLEROSE 3 February 1840 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)
m. Marcelline JOLY 25 July 1843 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.15 October 1814, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 17 December 1852, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Alexis BOUCHER dit DESROCHES 4 October 1830 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Marguerite BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.29 May 1816, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste ROBILLARD 7 November 1837 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.9 December 1817, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 1 June 1858, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )

Rosalie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.4 May 1819, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Alexis BEAUPRE 27 January 1846 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Alexis BEAUGRAND (b.16 November 1820, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 12 July 1900, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada )
m. Sophie GADOURY 16 February 1846 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.10 September 1822, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (b.5 February 1824, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 18 February 1824, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

Olivier BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.abt. 1824, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )

Elie BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE (b.7 August 1825, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. , )

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1792 Birth
21 September 1792
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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

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

1807 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Félicité BONIN 6 July 1807, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 14 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 27 March 1809, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 16 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Sophie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 15 April 1810, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 17 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Angele BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 16 July 1811, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 18 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 16 July 1813, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 20 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 15 October 1814, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Marguerite BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 29 May 1816, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 9 December 1817, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Rosalie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 4 May 1819, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Alexis BEAUGRAND was born 16 November 1820, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Maxime BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 10 September 1822, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Marie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 5 February 1824, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Elie BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 7 August 1825, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Sophie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE married 18 July 1826, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Maurice HUDON dit BEAULIEU

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

1830 Marriage of Child
Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE married 4 October 1830, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Alexis BOUCHER dit DESROCHES

1832 Marriage of Child
Angele BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE married 4 August 1832, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Narcisse LEVESQUE

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

1837 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE married 7 November 1837, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Jean-Baptiste ROBILLARD

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

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married 3 February 1840, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Seraphine RIVAL dite BELLEROSE

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

1842 Death of Child
Marguerite-Sophie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE died 26 May 1842, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.

1842 Death of Child
Angele BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE died 23 June 1842, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.

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

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

1843 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE married 25 July 1843, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Marcelline JOLY

1844 Death
2 January 1844
Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East

He died at the age of 51.

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