Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT

(b. 19 November 1757 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1799 , Beaumont, Lower Canada )

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Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT was born 19 November 1757 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT was the child of Charles COUILLARD and Marie-Francoise BOILARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-Marie COUILLARD and Marie-Françoise COUTURE dite BELLERIVE (maternal) Mathurin BOILARD and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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

Charles married Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE 23 January 1781 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born 13 January 1761 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Francoise was the child of Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marthe FOURNIER.

Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT died 12 March 1799 in Beaumont, 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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Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT married

Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE-- Date: 23 January 1781 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marthe FOURNIER

Children of Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT and Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE:

Emerencienne COUILLARD (b.28 August 1794, Beaumont, Lower Canada d. 15 January 1828, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Francois GOSSELIN 7 May 1822 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1757 Birth
19 November 1757
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT and Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE 23 January 1781, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1794 Birth of Child
Emerencienne COUILLARD was born 28 August 1794, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Charles was 36 years old.